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January 7, 1913.

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Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor,

Albany, N. Y., January 7, 1913. To the Honorable the President of the Senate:

Sir.— I have the honor to transmit herewith my annual report for the year 1912.

Very truly yours,

J. A. BENSEL,

State Engineer and Surveyor.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Report of State Engineer and Surveyor..............................

Engineering expenses for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.. Table of contracts completed during the fiscal year ended September

30, 1912 ....................................................

Table of contracts pending September 30, 1912..................

Roster of employees in office of State Engineer and Surveyor......

Report of Division Engineer of the Eastern Division..................

Appended reports, Barge canal construction, Resident Engineers’.. Engineering expenses for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.. 130 Table of contracts completed during the fiscal year ended September

30, 1912 ....................................

Table of contracts pending September 30, 1912....

Report of Division Engineer of the Middle Division..

Appended reports:

Barge canal construction, Resident Engineers’

Black River survey........................

Engineering expenses for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.. 205 Table of contracts completed during the fiscal year ended September

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Table of contracts pending September 30, 1912....................

Report of Division Engineer of the Western Division, including reports

of Resident Engineers on Barge canal construction..............

Engineering expenses for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.. 264 Table of contracts completed during the fiscal year ended September

30, 1912 ....................................

Table of contracts pending September 30, 1912....

Report of Terminal Engineer on Barge canal terminals

Engineering expenses for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.. 282

Report of Tests............................................

Report of the Land Bureau...................................

Report on Examination of New York-New Jersey Boundary Line

Report of Black River Survey for Canal Extension.............

Report of Cooperative Topographic Survey of New York State..

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The Report of the Gaging of Streams for 1912 is published in a supplemental volume.

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REPORT.

Certain of the duties of the State Engineer and Surveyor are defined by the Constitution of the State, others by the revised statutes, and still other duties devolve by virtue of the various laws enacted from time to time by the Legislature of the State, all of which deal principally with the design of and supervision of construction of various public works.

The duties of the State Engineer and Surveyor, as prescribed by the statutes of the State, have been increasing during recent years both in variety and extent, and in addition there are further fixed duties which devolve upon the State Engineer and Surveyor by virtue of his being a member of various State boards and commissions. The boards and commissions upon which the State Engineer and Surveyor acts as a member are:

The Canal Board, having authority over the construction and maintenance of the canal system of the State;

The Commissioners of the Land Office, having supervision over the sale and purchase of State lands, and the making of grants of lands under water;

The State Board of Canvassers, having jurisdiction over the canvass of the returns of elections;

The State Board of Equalization of Assessment, having jurisdiction over the equalization of the assessment of the State taxes among the various counties;

The State Highway Commission, having jurisdiction over the construction, maintenance and repair of improved and town highways throughout the state.

In addition to the above duties the State Engineer and Surveyor is a member of the Commission appointed by the Governor to cooperate with a similar Commission appointed by the Governor of Hew Jersey to investigate the question of port conditions and pier extensions for Hew York harbor, as authorized by Chapter 734, Laws of 1911.

By Chapter 9 of the Laws of 1912 the State Engineer and Surveyor was made a member of the Commission on Barge Canal

Operation, for tlie purpose of inquiring into the subject of proper methods to be applied in the operation and maintenance of the enlarged canals.

In conformity with the directions of the Constitution and laws I have attended during the past year the meetings of the above boards and commissions, the detailed reports of which boards or commissions will be made to the Legislature by such boards or commissions.

The principal duty of the State Engineer and Surveyor is that in connection with the improvement of the so-called Barge canal and the construction of Barge canal terminals, authorized by Chapter 746 of the Laws of 1911 as a part of the canal system.

In addition to the main duties in connection with the design of and supervision over the construction of the Barge canal and Barge canal terminals, the State Engineer and Surveyor is called upon to prepare maps, after having made the surveys, for the use of the Attorney-General in various court proceedings and to cooperate with the Attorney-General in the preparation of the State’s defense of claims brought against the State. He is entrusted with the sale of lands under water and of other State lands, when so directed by the Commissioners of the Land Office. He is required by statute to make examinations of the State boundary lines and to replace monuments destroyed or damaged. He is charged with the direction of the cooperative topographic survey with the United States government and also with the cooperative hydrographic work in the gaging of the flow of the various streams of the state.

The State Engineer and Surveyor is requested during the session of the Legislature to furnish estimates and reports relative to pending legislation and perform such other duties as may be requested by the Governor or Legislature from time to time.

The various classes of work performed by the State Engineer and Surveyor will therefore be treated of under their respective heads, as follows:

Canal Maintenance.

The jurisdiction over the operation and maintenance of the canal system is vested in the Superintendent of Public Works, and from time to time special acts of the Legislature have imposed specific duties on that official and on the State Engineer and Surveyor.

The State Engineer and Surveyor has prepared plans and specifications and inspected the work of construction on various structures in connection with the present canal system when requested by the Superintendent of Public Works or when so directed by the Legislature.

During the past year one break of considerable size occurred in the canal at Irondequoit creek where the Barge canal follows the alignment of the old canal. This break was of extensive proportions and interfered with navigation for about six weeks. Immediately upon learning that such break had occurred I proceeded with the preparation of plans for the construction of a temporary trough so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible to those having occasion to use this section of the canal. The point in question where such break occurred is one of great importance in view of the fact that a break at such point must necessarily tie up through navigation on the canal until repairs shall have been made. Bearing in mind the importance of proper premanent construction in this locality, a thorough study of the conditions as existing and of the requirements to be met in order to maintain navigation, is being made, to the end that the most durable and modern type of construction shall he adopted to take the place of that which was partly constructed during a previous administration, hut which did not take into consideration the condition and facts as existing at the culvert carrying Irondequoit creek under the canal embankment.

Several Barge canal contracts have been completed and are now in operation as a part of the canal system of the State, the care and control of such completed portions being under the Department of Public Works. Such locks and structures as have been completed and are in operation are giving entire satisfaction.

Barge Canal.

There has been much speculation as to when the Barge canal will be completed and whether or not, when completed, the cost of the improvement would he within the original appropriations of $101,000,000, authorized by Chapter 147 of the Laws of 1903, for the improvement of the Erie, Champlain and Oswego canals, and of $7,000,000, appropriated by Chapter 391 of the Laws of 1909, for the improvement of the Cayuga and Seneca canal. I deem it my duty as State Engineer and Surveyor to place before the Legislature and the people of the State a statement setting forth what to my mind is the exact status of this undertaking, such judgment being based on the progress made to the end of the fiscal year September 30, 1912.

From an examination of the status of the work it is apparent that the construction of the Barge canal is progressing at a rapid rate, in that to October 1, 1912, there had been placed under contract work authorized by the above mentioned statutes to the amount of $77,029,116, this figure including emergency work authorized under the so-called extra or unspecified work orders; and there had been completed work amounting to $50,684,369, this figure also including emergency work completed under the so-called extra or unspecified work orders.

During my administration as State Engineer and Surveyor, dating from January 1, 1911, to the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 1912, a period of twenty-one months, there had been performed work to the amount of $24,596,332. The significance of this figure is more manifest when it is borne in mind that- during the six preceding years of actual Barge canal construction the value of the work performed amounted to $26,088,037. From a comparison of these figures it is noted that during the twenty-one months of this administration work has been performed of a value approximating 95 per cent of the total work performed during the combined period of former administrations, and furthermore, this amount of work exceeds by 75 per cent the greatest amount performed by any previous administration in a similar period of time. To show this graphically the accompanying diagram is given, the circle of which represents the amount of work completed to October 1, 1912, and the shaded portion that done during the twenty-one months of 1911 and 1912.

There is also shown graphically the progress of work to January 1, 1913, bringing the progress diagram to date, in order that the exact status of the canal improvement may be known, as of January 1, 1913. To January 1, 1913, the value of the work com-

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From an examination of this diagram it will be noted that the construction work is more than 60 per cent completed and that more than 50 per cent of the work completed to date has been done during 1911 and 1912.

Plans for the work remaining to be placed under contract are practically completed and such work as is included therein will be awarded at an early date, such as to permit the completion of the entire Barge canal system and have this extensive waterway ready for navigation probably in the year 1915. Inasmuch as the estimate upon which the appropriations in 1903 (Erie, Oswego and Champlain canals) and 1909 (Cayuga and Seneca canal) were made were prepared at different dates, the discussion of the two projects embraced in each of the appropriations will be considered separately.

Erie, Champlain and Oswego Canals.

(Chapter 147, Laws 1903, and amendatory Acts.)

Progress of Work.

First, the date for completion will be considered. At the rate with which the work is being and has been progressed, there was every reason to believe that the Champlain Barge canal would have been entirely completed and ready for navigation in the year 1913, but owing to the failure on the part of certain contractors performing Avork on this portion of the canal it has been necessary for the Canal Board to cancel certain contracts and to readvertise for the uncompleted portions of such Avork. This failure on the part of these contractors and the delay incidental thereto will set back the date for the completion of the Champlain canal more than a year, so that the best to be expected is that this portion of the Barge canal system may be completed in 1914.

(living to difficulties encountered at the site of the dam and lock to be constructed in the Mohawk river at Scotia the completion of that portion of the canal from Waterford Avest has also been seriously delayed. It was not found possible, due to the nature of the underlying material, to construct this dam and lock along the lines of the original plans. It was therefore necessary to make a careful study of the existing conditions, as a result of which study it has been found necessary to sink several caissons, in order to provide a suitable foundation for the dam and lock.

The contract for the work to be performed at this point has been relet in accordance with the modified plans and specifications, and from the progress being made on this work there is every reason to believe that the dam and lock will be completed so that the Barge canal between the Hudson river and the city of Oswego on Lake Ontario, the terminus of the Oswego canal, will be completed and in readiness for navigation in 1914.

The progress of the work on that portion of the canal west of the junction of the Oswego and Erie canals at Three River Point i3 such as to warrant the expectation of having this section of the system completed in 1915, thereby placing that portion of the Barge canal, including the Erie, Champlain and Oswego canals, in condition for navigation during the season of 1915.

To October 1,1912, many of the Barge canal contracts had been completed and certain sections of the improved canal used as a part of the canal system. Upon the resumption of navigation in the spring of 1913 there will be completed approximately 140 miles of the improved Barge canal.

In connection with the probable date for the opening of the Barge canal for navigation, I desire to call your attention, as stated elsewhere in my report, to the so-called Troy dam across the Hudson river at Troy, which dam and lock form the key to the entire Barge canal system of the State of Hew York. It is therefore imperative that the work on this dam and lock, whether performed by the Federal authorities or by the State of Hew York, should be completed without delay, thereby affording a lock of such dimensions as will accommodate boats of maximum Barge canal capacity.

Financial.

After having made an investigation of the possible cost for constructing a Barge canal, a report was submitted to the Legislature in 1901 by the then State Engineer, setting forth the estimated cost of construction along the various routes as then contemplated. In 1903 the then State Engineer, in answer to certain questions

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(1)    Actual cost of canal construction, together with highway bridges and construction of relocated highways.

(2)    Cost of railroad bridges.

(3)    Cost of engineering, contingencies and unforseen expenses.

(4)    Land and water power damages.

It should be borne in mind that the prices of labor and ma terials have increased to a considerable extent since the enactment of the Barge Canal Law; that the size of the locks has been increased by widening from 28 tq 45 feet; that the grade has been lowered by legislative enactment between Tonawanda and Lock port and the rock cut at Lockport widened; that this work was done without additional appropriation, but has added to the cost of construction approximately $4,500,000; and further, that re cent legislative enactment now requires certain increased fixed charges such as bonds and liability insurance, which of course must eventually be paid by the State, as they are included in the bids re ceived for the various contracts. To offset a portion of this added burden the appropriation of 1903 has been relieved to date of the construction of the canal from Tonawanda to Buffalo, the con struction of the Troy dam, and a slight decrease in the expense of

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As a result of my investigation and study of the conditions with reference to the Barge canal improvement it is my opinion that the cost of the actual construction as contemplated in 1903 and the cost of engineering in the preparation of plans and specifications and the supervision of construction appertaining to this improvement will be performed within the estimated amount for such items, but that the whole project as contemplated by Chapter 147 of the Laws of 1903 and amendatory acts cannot be completed within the original appropriation of $101,000,000. The principal excess in the cost of this undertaking is in connection with the appropriation of lands and structures, together with damage to water powers and riparian rights, for which items the allotment in the 1903 estimate appears to have been greatly deficient. The above deduction drawn with reference to this work is based upon a careful study of the facts and conditions known, which may be briefly summarized as follows:

The value of the work contracted for as included in orginal contracts, supplemental alterations and extra work orders authorized to October 1, 1912, amounted to $74,794,998. Of the work included in these contracts, supplemental alterations and extra work orders there had been completed to October 1, 1912, work to the amount of $49,734,869. The estimated cost for the completion of the actual work of canal construction remaining to be performed pursuant to Chapter 147 of the Laws of 1903 and amendatory acts which will be awarded in the near future is $7,-406,495, and the cost of reconstructing certain highways destroyed as a result of Barge canal improvement, which must be relocated pursuant to the provisions of the Canal Law, is estimated to be $455,212, which is a necessary part of the canal expenses. Taking into consideration the payments made on the final accounts for the 28 Barge canal contracts completed and for which final payments are less by approximately $500,000 than the original contract prices, together with the contract prices for work not completed and the estimated cost of work not now under contract, the total estimated cost for the Barge canal construction, exclusive of the cost of constructing new railroad bridges over the Barge canal and omitting the item of land and water damages, is $83,-293,872.

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The above figure of $77,572,906 does not include the estimated cost of the construction of the Troy dam nor the improvement in the Niagara river from Tonawanda to Buffalo.

In answer to the questions submitted by the Legislature in 1903 it was set forth that it would be necessary to construct 27 railroad bridges, the estimated cost of such bridges as appearing in the detail used in the preparation of the estimate being $4,042,765. The present estimate for the construction of these bridges at the points where considered necessary in 1903 now being placed at $4,401,173. In the preparation of the 1903 estimate the cost of highway bridges was considered in the general estimate of the cost of construction, in which item the cost of highway bridges has been included in the present estimate, but it is very evident that the cost of bridges, both highway and railroad, must be greater than as estimated in 1901, in view of the fact that by legislative enactment it has been necessary to provide bridges of a movable type or of such type as may be converted into a movable type of bridge, over certain portions of the canal, and further that the demands of highway traffic are such that it has been necessary to provide a bridge of greater width of roadway and of greater strength than was contemplated in 1903. No attempt has been made to determine definitely the difference between the cost of the highway bridges as estimated in 1903 and the cost of such structures as estimated at the present time, as these items appear in the estimated construction cost.

Railroad Bridges over Barge Canal at the Site Where Bridges Cross the Present Canal.

At certain points where the alignment of the Barge canal follows that of the present canal it will be necessary to reconstruct certain railroad bridges in order to provide a span and clearance sufficient to meet Barge canal requirements. At such points the present structures exist by virtue of revocable permits issued, pursuant to authorization of the statutes, by the Canal Commissioners or by the Superintendent of Public Works, who succeeded in power and authority the former Board of Canal Commissioners in 1878. It has been the contention of the State that the cost of reconstructing such bridges, in order to meet the demands of the increased navigation facilities to be provided by the Barge canal improvement, should be borne by the railroad companies, but certain of the railroad companies have contended that the burden of making such changes as are necessary to meet the Barge canal requirements must be met by the State. This question will undoubtedly be carried to the courts of the State for a determination, as have certain other questions with reference to the cost of constructing bridges over the Barge canal, and until the courts shall have decided as to wliat parts the railroad or the State shall bear of such burden, there will be an uncertain element in the cost of reconstructing such bridges for which no account was made in 1903. The cost of construction for such structures is now estimated at $3,445,000, but this lias not been included in the total estimated cost.

Operating Machinery.

Embodied in the 1903 estimate there was included an item of $729,644 for operating machinery for the locks, the width of the lock then contemplated being 28 feet. As stated elsewhere in my report the locks have been widened to 45 feet, which not only increases the cost of construction of the locks proper but also the cost of installing the necessary operating machinery, so that the present estimated cost of operating machinery for the Barge canal system is $2,492,847, included in which figure is an item of $46,800, covering the cost of operating machinery for the movable dams along the Mohawk river, which item was not considered in 1903, as at that time it was not proposed to construct movable dams in the Mohawk.

Engineering and Contingencies.

In 1903 an allowance of 10 per cent was made for engineering and contingencies, to which a further allowance of 5 per cent was added “ for estimates that may prove erroneous,” due to unfore-

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The incidental emergency work and unforeseen items for which allowance was made at the time of the preparation of the estimate in 1903 have been included in the estimated cost of actual construction in the present estimate, and therefore only the question of engineering and contingent expenses will be taken up under this head.

The State Comptroller had made payments covering expenses incurred to October 1, 1912, for items other than on contractors’ estimates and for extra work orders, and damage settlements, as follows:

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amounting to $4,500,000, placed upon the Barge canal appropriation by reason of legislative enactment without providing for additional appropriations, it will make the present estimated cost of construction within the 1903 estimate covering the same territory. In the comparison of the 1903-1912 estimates the item for work which it was proposed to perform from Tonawanda to Buffalo and at the site of the Troy dam has not been included, the estimated cost for which projects was approximately $1,500,000.

From these figures it is therefore apparent that there is approximately $3,800,000 available with which to make payments in settlement on account of the appropriation of lands and water power rights. The total estimated cost of the right of way in 1903 was $4,712,114, and it was estimated that the State would realize from the sale of abandoned lands the sum of $1,966,391, leaving a balance estimated for the payment of land damages of $2,745,723. The 1903 estimate included an item of $188,500 for paying riparian damages to property owners along the Oswego river, it being held the estimated cost of lands would be sufficient for the payment of riparian damages at other points. The total net estimated cost therefore of lands and water power rights in 1903 was $2,944,223, after deducting the estimated return from the sale of abandoned canal lands.

In view of the uncertainty as to the position to be taken by the courts in the consideration of claims for damages on account of water power appropriation, no attempt has been made to estimate the probable amount necessary to settle such claims. Inasmuch as a great many settlements have been made by the Special Examiner and Appraiser of awards made by the Board of Claims and the Court of Claims on account of appropriation of lands and buildings, such settlements of awards have been taken into consideration and by a comparison in connection with adjacent property which has been appropriated for canal purposes and for which settlements have not been made, a conservative estimate of the cost of lands necessary for Barge canal construction is placed at least $8,000,000, this figure not including any item on account of water power settlements.

The State Comptroller has already made disbursements on account of Barge canal construction approximating $58,000,000, of which approximately $45,000,000 cover payments made to contractors on account of monthly estimates submitted, embracing 90 per cent of the value of work, together with certain of the final estimates for completed contracts. During the coming year a greater number of the large contracts will be completed and it will be necessary for the State to make final payment including the retained percentage which has been held by the State during the life of the contract, and it will therefore be necessary for the Comptroller during the next two years to make disbursements in greater amounts than heretofore on account of the actual construction work. In addition to this the expenses of the different departments for administration, etc., must be met and the awards made by the Board of Claims and settlement agreements made by the Special Examiner and Appraiser must be paid.

It would therefore seem that within the course of the next two years, unless some action is taken by the Legislature, a condition will exist wherein the total appropriation of $101,000,000 will have been exhausted and the State will be under further obligations for expense for which there will be no funds available for payment. I do not feel that the remedy to meet this situation is one which can be determined without careful consideration of all the facts as existing, and I therefore recom-men to the Legislature the careful consideration of the enactment of some legislation to the end that funds shall be available when the same shall become necessary with which to meet this additional expense above the $101,000,000 heretofore authorized, which excess in expenses is due principally to the increase in the cost of lands and Waters taken for Barge canal purposes above the estimate, of 1903.

Cayuga and Seneca Canal.

(Chapter 391, Laws of 1909.)

Chapter 391, Laws of 1909, appropriated the sum of $7,000,000 for the improvement of the Cayuga and Seneca canal, this statute having been submitted to and approved by the people in the same manner as Chapter 147 of the Laws of 1903. This act provided for the improvement pf the Cayuga and Seneca canal to

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Barge canal dimensions the same as those for the Erie, Oswego and Champlain canals, connecting the Erie canal with Cayuga lake and Seneca lake, thereby placing in water communication the sections of the state bordering on these lakes. The work embraced in the Cayuga and Seneca improvement will be completed at such time as to permit of the navigation of this part of the Barge canal system upon the completion of the Erie canal system, namely, in 1915.

Progress of Work.

To October 1, 1912, the work under contract, including supplemental alterations and extra work orders, amounted to $2,234,-118, and the value of the work completed amounted to $949,500.

The contracts in force to October 1, 1912, embraced the work necessary to connect the Erie canal with the deep water of Cayuga lake, enlarging to Barge canal dimensions the Ithaca inlet, the improvement of approximately one-half the distance between Cayuga lake and Seneca lake, by the canalization of the Seneca river, and the construction of the canal of Barge canal dimensions from Watkins, the southerly end of Seneca lake, to Ayres street in Montour Falls.

The work embraced in the contracts for which proposals were invited to be opened by the Superintendent of Public Works December 31, 1912, embraced the construction of a dam and locks together with incidental canal work in the vicinity of Seneca Falls, and the construction of a dam and lock together with incidental work at Waterloo.

There remains to be placed under contract other than this work but one contract of any material size, that being for dredging the balance of the canal prism in the canalization of Seneca river, which work will be completed in one spring season.

The status of the work on this improvement is such that there is no doubt but that the entire Cayuga and Seneca canal will be completed and in readiness for operation in 1915.

Financial.

Investigation as to the probable cost of completion of the work authorizing the improvement of Cayuga and Seneca canal has been made along the same lines as that considered in connection with the Erie, Champlain and Oswego canal improvement. In considering the financial phase of this work it should be borne in mind that the enlargement of the Ithaca inlet to Barge canal dimensions, while properly a part of the Cayuga and Seneca canal, was not contemplated at the time of the preparation of estimate in 1909, and further that by the enactment of Chapter 453 of the Laws of 1911 an additional expense was added, in that it was provided to improve the canal to Barge canal dimensions from Watkins to Ayres street in Montour Falls. The increased cost on account of these two added improvements is approximately $425,000, exclusive of any cost to be incurred in the appropriation of additional lands.

From a result of the study of the condition of this work it is found as follows:

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for the cost of actual canal construction, relocated highways, highway bridges, engineering and incidental expenses, but not including any allowance for the payment on account of the appropriation of lands or water powers. It is therefore apparent that there is a balance of but $1,000,000 for the payment of damages on account of the appropriation of lands and water powers in connection with the work authorized by this act. The estimated cost of reconstruction of railroad bridges over the Cayuga and Seneca canal at points where bridges exist at the present time under terms of revocable permits is $500,000. This item is not included in the above total for the same reason as set forth in

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Supplemental agreements and awards by the Board of Claims on account of the appropriation of lands for the Cayuga and Seneca canal have not been made to any great extent, but from an examination of the lands and water powers to be appropriated it is estimated that the cost in settlement on account of such appropriation wdll be slightly in excess of this balance of $1,000,000, and therefore similar consideration should be given to this phase of the Cayuga and Seneca canal improvement as in the case of the Erie, Champlain and Oswego canal improvement.

Troy Dam.

The attention of the Legislature was called in my report for the year 1911 to certain conditions governing in connection with the construction of a dam across the Hudson river in the vicinity of Troy, which dam will be the key to the Barge canal system of the State of Hew York.

Your honorable body is undoubtedly familiar with the steps taken by the former Canal Board toward canceling leases for the use of surplus waters at the site of the present dam and of the action on the part of the Federal authorities in assuming jurisdiction over the upper waters of the Hudson river and of the construction of a dam at the point in question. Accordingly the Federal authorities proceeded with the preparation of plans and specifications for a dam and lock to be constructed in the vicinity of Troy, approximately 1,400 feet above the site of the present dam. Proposals were invited for carrying on this work in accordance with the plans prepared, but no bid was received which approximated the estimate of the Army Engineers close enough to warrant the award of such contract. As a result, the United States Government has determined to proceed with the construction of this dam with their own forces.

It is important that the Troy dam shall be completed as soon as the Barge canal is completed in order to permit boats of Barge canal dimensions to be locked through from the upper pool to the Hudson river below the Troy dam.

At the site of the Troy dam it will be possible to install a power development plant of considerable size and there will be available for sale a large amount of power. This dam being within the bounds of New York State, it would appear just and proper that any revenue derived therefrom should properly be paid into the treasury of the State of New York, and furthermore, that the State of New York should have control over the structures at the entrance to the Barge canal system.

I would therefore recommend for your careful consideration the questions arising in connection with the Troy dam situation, to the end that, if so deemed advisable, the necessary steps may be taken and an endeavor be made to return to the control of the State of New York the construction of and jurisdiction over the Troy dam, together with the disposal of power available at the site of this structure.

Completed Canals.

Certain sections of the Champlain canal are already in operation, and the contracts for the balance of the work will be progressed with the greatest speed possible, to the end that this particular section shall be open at an early date.

There are also sections of the other canals in operation at the present time, and many others will be completed during the next construction season. It is therefore imperative that proper outlets should be provided at the junctions with the Hudson river, with Lake Champlain at Whitehall, with Lake Ontario at Oswego and with the Niagara river and Lake Erie at Tonawanda and Buffalo.

The waters at these points are under the control of the Federal authorities, and certain improvements are being carried on or are contemplated at the outlets of the Barge canal, such as will provide a channel of twelve feet depth, the same as that governing throughout the Barge canal system. It is therefore recommended that the Legislature of the State of New York, by concurrent resolution, or by such act as is proper, call the attention of the Federal authorities to the status of the Barge canal work, and to the necessity of prosecuting the work under Federal jurisdiction without delay, in order to provide adequate outlet for the Barge canal at the points above mentioned.

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The possibilities for the State to derive a considerable revenue from the sale of surplus waters or power created at certain points along the Barge canal are great. In the early operation of the canal system the State disposed of surplus waters from the canal for nominal rentals and the authorities now in charge of the Barge canal construction have been confronted with certain of such leases, the terms of which have caused more or less discussion as to the rights conveyed thereby.

The attention of the Legislature is called to the possibility of deriving revenue from the sale of such surplus waters as may be available without injuring private interests or being of detriment to canal operation, to the end that the enactment of proper legislation may be given careful consideration.

Your attention is again called, as in my report of 1911, to the apparent conflicting provisions of the statutes relative to the disposal of surplus waters or power created as a result of the Barge canal improvement, and particularly to Chapter 494 of the Laws of 1907, amending Chapter 147 of the Laws of 1903, and to section 400 of the State Conservation Law, enacted by the Legislature of 1911. The latter amended statute provides that the State Conservation Commission shall have jurisdiction over the sale of such surplus waters as may be created and that the Superintendent of Public Works shall construct necessary regulating gates and appliances to properly control such waters. It is provided in this section that the funds derived fom the sale of such surplus waters shall be paid into the General Fund of the State Treasury, to which provision your attention is particularly invited, in that as a matter of equity the revenue derived as a result of the expenditure of funds authorized by the people of the State of Hew York for the canal improvement should properly be applied toward the cancellation of the debt thereby incurred, and therefore such moneys derived as revenue should properly be paid to the Canal Fund for the retirement of the bonds issued for canal improvement and for the payment of interest thereon.

Old Canal Lands.

The attention of the Legislature is particularly called to the condition which will exist upon the completion of the Barge canal along the lines as authorized by Chapter 147 of the Laws of 1903, providing for the enlargement of the Erie, Champlain and Oswego canals, and by Chapter 391 of the Laws of 1909, authorizing the enlargement of the Cayuga and Seneca canal.

The alignment of the Barge canal in cetain localities follows that of the present canal, as a result of which the Barge canal is superimposed upon the present canal. In such cases the Barge canal enlargement consists in increasing the dimensions of the present canal prism and the construction of suitable structures and embankments in connection therewith. At certain other points the alignment of the Barge canal deviates from that of the present canal, as a result of which there are many sections of the present canal which will be isolated and of no further use for purposes of navigation, due in some cases to the fact that there will be no source of water supply for feeding such sections and due to the other condition that no provision is made for a means of connection between the old canal and the Barge canal, the water surfaces in the new and the old canals being at different levels.

In the original Barge Canal Law it was provided at certain particular localities that junction locks should be constructed. The Barge Canal Terminal Law provides that the section of the present canal system from Rome to Mohawk shall be maintained as a part of the Barge canal terminal system, but no provision is made for funds to construct the necessary junction locks at Rome and at Mohawk.

There is attached hereto a map showing the sections of the present canal which will be cut off from connection with the Barge canal. It is evident that the question as to what disposition shall be made of these portions of the canals so cut off should be one for the consideration of the present Legislature.

There is a constitutional provision which prohibits the sale of any of the canals of the State, but it has been the practice in the past for the Canal Board to abandon and to dispose of certain small tracts of canal lands which have been no longer considered necessary for canal purposes pursuant to the general statutes and consolidated laws relative to this question. It is also provided in the Barge Canal Law that the proceeds derived from the sale of canal lands not considered necessary as a part of the Barge

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In view of the apparent conflicting provisions of the Constitution and enactments of the Legislature, your attention is called to the condition as outlined above to the end that proper legislation may be enacted, so as to guide the State officials in disposing of such parts of the present canal system as will not form a part of the Barge canal improvement and for enacting necessary legislation to provide for connecting the old canal and the Barge canal at Borne and Mohawk. In many of the cities stretches of the present canal system will have no connection with the Barge canal and when such sections are abandoned as a part of the canal system they can undoubtedly be disposed of either to the municipalities for the purpose of converting the same into boulevards or parkways, or it may be that in disposing of these isolated sections, by selling them to railroads better facilities may be provided for railroad communication for the particular localities and afford better railroad connections with the canal

system thereby increasing the transportation facilities.

The attention of the Legislature is particularly invited to this question.

Widening of Land Line.

Pursuant to the direction of Chapter 147 of the Laws of 1903 certain sections of the canal prism, known as the land line sections have a minimum bottom width of seventy-five feet, this being the minimum botton width specified in the original act. As stated elsewhere in this report the locks on the canal system have been widened from 28 to 45 feet, thereby permitting the lockage of boats of 42 feet beam.

Certain of the traffic over the Welland canal in Canada entering into Lake Ontario will undoubtedly utilize the Barge canal system from Oswego, the terminus on Lake Ontario, to Hew York city, on the Atlantic coast. The locks will accommodate the boats which will navigate the Welland canal, but over certain sections (approximately 50 miles) where the minimum bottom width of 75 feet has been provided, it would not be possible for two boats of maximum lock capacity to pass.

The attention of the Legislature is called to this condition and

it is recommended that the question of making an additional appropriation, in order to provide for an increased width to 110 feet bottom section over the present sections having a width of 75 feet on the bottom, be considered by the Legislature, the estimated cost of such widening being $2,000,000.

Barge Canal Terminals.

Chapter 746 of the Laws of 1911 authorized the issuing of bonds in the amount of $19,800,000 for the purpose of constructing terminals for the Barge canal system throughout the state. This act was submitted to ‘the people at the fall election of 1911 and was duly approved by the people in November. Immediately upon learning of the approval of this project by the people of the state, steps were taken to, perfect an organization for carrying out the terminal work, of making surveys, investigations and the preparation of plans and specifications, pursuant to the provisions of this act.

While the Terminal Law described in a general way the location of certain terminals, still the question of exact location was left for determination by the State Engineer and Surveyor and the Superintendent of Public Works, subject to the approval of the Canal Board.

The people throughout the state have shown intense interest in the terminal question, and, to the end that the various localities might be provided with terminals which would conform to the plans for the Barge canal construction and at the same time meet the commercial demands of the particular localities, public hearings and meetings, personally conducted by me, have been held at the various points where terminals are to be located, to the end that the desires of the people with respect to the location of terminals might be obtained, and that the people being familiar with the demands of local traffic and with the local commercial conditions, might offer suggestions before a final determination as to the terminal location should have been made.

Accordingly, upon the site of the terminal having been determined, such location plan was submitted to the Canal Board for approval, after which approval the plans and specifications in detail were immediately prepared, submitted to the Canal

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To the end of the present fiscal year location plans for Barge canal terminals for the following localities have been approved by the Canal Board: Ithaca, Albany, Little Falls, Utica, Gowanus Bay (South Brooklyn), Schuylerville, Schenectady, Rome, Lock-port, Meclianicville, Fonda, Fort Edward, Greenpoint (North Brooklyn), Amsterdam, Erie Basin (Buffalo), Herkimer, Ilion, Troy, Constantia, Syracuse, Cleveland, Watkins, Port of Call (New York city) and Dresden.

Contracts have been entered into providing for the construction of terminals at the following localities: Ithaca, Albany, Little Falls, Mechanicville, Fort Edward, Schenectady and Herkimer.

Plans have been completed for the terminals at Gowanus Bay, Whitehall, Fonda, Ilion, Amsterdam, Rome, Lockport and Utica, and partly completed for Troy and Syracuse.

The construction work on the terminals will be progressed with all possible speed, to the end that, upon the completion of the improved waterway throughout the state of New York, adequate facilities shall be provided, and that the people may avail themselves of the use of this means of transporting their products and place the greater percentage of the people of the state of New York in water communication, not only with one another, but with the neighboring states and those bordering upon the Great Lakes and along the Atlantic coast.

It is important to note that the referendum providing for the construction of Barge canal terminals was the only proposition submitted to the people in 1911 which met with their approval, manifesting the interest shown by the people in the development of their waterways at their own expense and without aid from the Federal authorities.

The report of the Barge Canal Terminal Commission made in 1911 and the Barge Canal Terminal Law authorizing the construction of terminals in connection with the Barge canal system does not take into consideration or definitely provide for the construction of Barge canal terminals at points along the Hudson river between Albany and New York, which has become a part of Yol. 1—2 the Barge canal system of the State, and the attention of the Legislature is called to this condition, to the end that the matter may be given consideration, inasmuch as it will undoubtedly be necessary to obtain an additional appropriation in order to provide for the construction of terminals at the various points along the Hudson river between Albany and New York city.

Black River Survey.

By Chapter 190 of the Laws of 1911 the State Engineer was directed to make a survey of and to prepare plans and estimate for improving the Black river for navigation, between the State dam at Carthage and Sacketts Harbor on Lake Ontario. A partial report of this survey was appended to my report of a year ago. During the year the work has been completed and a full report has been prepared. This report will be found among the appendices of my present report.

A study of the accompanying map and of the details of work done will show that all feasible routes between Carthage and Sacketts Harbor have been investigated. Hot only has the line along the river, together with possible short deviations and cut-offs been studied, but the survey has included lines along valleys lying several miles distant. The report gives the summaries of length and estimated cost of each separate portion of all lines surveyed, so that the results of various combinations can readily be determined. The most feasible route appears to be as follows: Beginning at Carthage the Black river is utilized to within a short distance of Deferiet. Then comes a cut-off to the east of this village, till the river is regained a little to the north. Erom this point to the eastern end of Huntington island, just east of Water-town, the river is used, with the exception of a cut-off across a bend at Black River village. The river channel is used around the north side of Huntington island and then a land line is followed which extends along the northern outskirts of Watertown, passing, near its western end, into Cowans creek and entering Black river at the mouth of this creek, a point which is opposite the fair grounds. Then the river is again utilized to Glen Park, where a line to the south of the river is begun, which runs to the headwaters of Muskalonge creek and then follows this stream to

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A summary of the cost along this route is, in round numbers, $16,300,000. This is for a canal having prism and locks of the same size as the Barge canal improvement. If smaller locks (28 feet wide by 188 feet long between gates) be substituted, but retaining the same size of prism, the estimate becomes $14,600,000.

Bridge Over tiie Mohawk River.

Last year the attention of the Legislature was called to the fact that unless an appropriation was made for a bridge or bridges spanning the canalized Mohawk river at some point or points between Cohoes and Schenectady, there would be no means for highway traffic to cross the river between these points, upon the completion of the Barge canal. Bills were introduced in the Legislature in accordance with the recommendation of last year, but failed to become laws. During the present winter it is planned to remove one of the bridges over the river within this stretch, and in a short time the condition above mentioned will prevail, unless some provision is made to relieve this situation. The recommendation of last year is therefore renewed, that an appropriation be made for constructing such bridge or bridges as are necessary over the canalized Mohawk river at such point or points between Cohoes and Schenectady as the demands of traffic warrant. Specific appropriations should be made for such purposes, inasmuch as the construction of such bridges was not contemplated in the original Barge Canal Act, and I am personally opposed to the placing upon the funds appropriated for Barge canal purposes additional burdens for structures not contemplated in the original appropriations, but which conditions that have developed since the enactment of the original canal laws have made necessary.

Mapping Canal Lands.

The Legislature of 1912 appropriated $10,000 for continuing the work of making surveys of lands along the canal embraced in what is commonly called the “ blue line.” During the past year this work has been continued and maps prepared covering such territory as has been surveyed. These maps are of importance at the present time in determining the definite boundaries of the State canal lands, and will be of more importance upon the completion of the Barge canal in the event of the State taking some action toward the disposal of such lands as will no longer be needed in connection with the canal system. The appropriation made by the Legislature of 1912 was not sufficient to provide for continuing this work as rapidly as was deemed advisable, and such appropriation has been totally exhausted. In order that additional field parties may be placed on this work and the final maps showing the State property completed at the earliest possible date, it is recommended that an appropriation of $35,000 be made for this purpose.

Canal Exhibits.

The past year has shown an increasing popular interest in the Barge canal. A few words may be said in describing what has been done to supply information to those who have manifested this interest.

For several years various State departments have made exhibits at the State Fair, the Legislature having made appropriations for this purpose. The State Engineer’s department has been among the leading State exhibitors and has in this way become possessed of some very interesting materials for exhibition — such as models, maps, drawings, paintings, cabinets of photographs, lantern slides and motion picture films. The models especially have been very instructive, as they are workable and represent graphically portions of the canal or its structures.

That the exhibit has been appreciated is pn vred by the fact that during the year various portions of it have been shown at six expositions or conventions, upon the earnest solicitation of those having these affairs in charge. These occasions have included the International Navigation Congress at Philadelphia, the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Convention at New London, the State Fair at Syracuse, two expositions at New York and one at Pittsburgh. At the conventions at Philadelphia and New London lectures on the Barge canal were delivered, while at Syracuse, in lieu of a lecture, a plan was adopted of showing upon a screen in continuous succession motion pictures of canal operations.

Of a somewhat similar character has been the attendance of

representatives of the department at two other conventions — the State Waterways Association at Watertown and the National Waterways Association at Washington — to read papers on Barge canal topics.

Upon several occasions also lectures on the canal have been delivered in various parts of the State before educational institutions, business associations and engineering or other technical or social clubs.

The passing of two excursion parties, composed largely of representatives of foreign governments, over the line of the canal, have indicated the extent of interest in our great undertaking beyond the limits of the home country. These parties occupied special excursion trains and evinced much interest in the work being carried on. Representatives of the State Engineer’s department who accompanied them and others who met them at the various stopping places acted as personal guides to explain the details of the project.

State Highway Commission.

By legislative enactment of 1911, the State Highway Commission was constituted, to be composed of the Superintendent of Highways (appointed by the Governor), the Superintendent of Public Works, and the State Engineer and Surveyor. A report by this Commission will be made at a later date. The form of this Commission was one different than any which I have knowledge of having been formed for constructive purposes. Two members of the Board are in an advisory capacity and in one member of the Board, the Highway Commissioner, is vested practically the entire control.

At no time have I been in favor of this method of executing work, and in order to properly take up the matter of the additional work under the authorization by the people for the additional $50,000,000 for road improvement, it is my opinion that the method of organization should be changed and the Highway Commission put in control of the work as a Commission, or that it be placed under a single head. In any event, it is my opinion that so much work is at present put upon the State Engineer in the various boards of which he is a member and in the execution of the work in the improvement of the State’s canal system that it is not possible for him to attend to the work required in the Department of Highways.

State Boundary Lines.

Chapter 59 of the Laws of 1909, Consolidated Laws, places upon the State Engineer and Surveyor the duty of examining the boundary lines of the State of New York at certain stated periods and, in cooperation with the adjoining states, to replace such monuments as may have been damaged or destroyed. The total length of the boundary line of the State of New York is 1,416 miles, such boundary being divided as follows:

Canadian line, 431 miles; Pennsylvania line, 344 miles; New Jersey line, 92.5 miles; New Jersey around Long Island, 246 miles; Connecticut, to Long Island sound, 81 miles; Massachusetts line, 50.5 miles; Vermont line, 171 miles.

The Canadian, Massachusetts, Vermont and Pennsylvania lines were in satisfactory condition at the time of last examination made by representatives of the State Engineer and Surveyor. For several years an effort was made to have the State of Connecticut cooperate with the State of New York in remonument-ing and relocating the boundary line between Connecticut and New York, but until 1908 no definite arrangement had been made. As a result of an agreement entered into between the State Engineer and Surveyor on the part of the State of New York and the representatives of the State of Connecticut the work necessary in remonumenting the Connecticut line has been carried on and was finally completed in 1912. The maps and description showing such remonumented boundary line were submitted to the Legislature of 1912 and approved and the original copies filed in the office of the Secretary of State. Duplicate originals of these maps and descriptions will be submitted to the Legislature of the State of Connecticut for approval at their session of 1913.

The attention of the Legislature is called to certain discrepancies which occurred in the final draft of the hill approving the description of the New York-Connecticut line, and it is therefore recommended that chapter 352 of the Laws of 1912 he amended in the following respects, in order that the description as defined in this act shall be in conformity with the boundary line as actually laid out and monumented:

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An examination of the Hew Jersey boundary line has been made during the past year, and it is found that several of the monuments have been totally destroyed and that others are greatly in need of repair. It is estimated that the cost of restoring such monuments as have been destroyed and of repairing the damaged monuments will be $3,500, one-half of the expense of which is to be borne by the State of Hew York and one-half by the State of Hew Jersey.

Detailed report of the examination of 1912 is appended hereto.

During the coming year an examination should be made of the boundary line between the State of Hew York and the State of Pennsylvania.

It is recommended that for the purpose of defraying the expense necessary in making repairs to the Hew Jersey line and making an examination of the Pennsylvania line an appropriation of $3,000 be provided.

Cooperative Survey of Hew York State.

Topographic Survey.

Pursuant to the agreement between the State of Hew York and the United States Geological Survey, an appropriation was made by the last Legislature for continuing the cooperative topographic survey of the state of Hew York. The maps prepared as a result of such cooperative survey are of great value to the people at large, and particularly so to certain of the State departments, such as the State Engineer’s Department, the State Highway Commission, the Conservation Commission, and the Public Service Commission. These maps show all the highways, streams, railroads and particular topographic features of the territory embraced in the different quadrangles.

In accordance with the agreement signed by George Otis Smith, Director of the United States Geological Survey, and by me as State Engineer and Surveyor for the State of New York, the Federal Survey allotted $10,000 to meet the appropriation of $10,000 made by the State of New York in 1912 for continuing this work. The following is a summary of the field and office work accomplished during the past year under the general direction of R. G. Marshall, Chief Geographer, and under immediate supervision of Frank Sutton, Geographer of the Atlantic Division.

The area embracing the state of New York has been divided into 260 quadrangles of which 222 had been surveyed prior to January 1, 1912, representing the topography of 42,374 square miles, and there was partially mapped 66 square miles on two of the survey sheets. To the end of the present year there have been surveyed and mapped 225 quadrangles, representing the topography of 43,024 square miles. These topographic maps are published by the United State Geological Survey and may be obtained by making application for the same upon payment of the cost for publication.

There is attached hereto an index map showing the sections of the state for which topographic maps have been published, those sections for which surveys have been started, and those upon which no work has as yet been done.

This work is considered one of the most important to the people at large, and in order that this work may be continued during the coming year it is recommended that the usual appropriation of $10,000 be made for the cooperative topographic survey of the state of New York, the Federal Government making an allotment of an equal amount to be applied to this purpose.

Hydrographic Survey.

During recent years it has been customary for the Legislature to make a small annual appropriation for carrying on a hydro-graphic survey of the state, cooperatively with the Federal Government. This work is of considerable importance, not alone to this Department but also to the Conservation Commission and other State departments and to interested municipalities and companies. In recent years the necessity of conserving natural resources is being emphasized. Water power is one of the natural resources that has largely been wasted in this country. As the work of the hydrographic survey consists chiefly in securing data which are essential in planning to utilize our water resources, its importance is easily seen.

For Barge canal purposes this cooperative work was not sufficient and it was necessary to establish a hydrographic bureau in connection with the canal improvement. The records obtained by the cooperative survey, by the Barge canal hydraulic bureau, by the Conservation Commission, the Board of Water Supply of New York City and various private companies and individuals, are all combined to form the printed report of the State Engineer on hydrographic work, and the report thus becomes almost a complete account of such work in the state.

I recommend that the usual amount, $1,500, be appropriated this year.

Pollution of Barge Canal Waters.

In my report of a year ago I called attention to the need of adequate legislation for preventing the pollution of the waters of the State canal system. No enactments were passed to relieve the situation, but the need of speedy action has become more apparent. In prosecuting Barge canal construction during the year it has been necessary in a few- instances to cut off sewers that had emptied into the canals. If it had been possible for the proper authorities to require the installation of suitable sewage disposal plants at the localities affected by these interferences, an undesirable condition would have been avoided.

In view of the fact that the present public health statutes are inadequate to correct existing conditions, as was pointed out in my last annual report, and because the approaching completion of the Barge canal makes haste imperative, I renew my recommendation of a year ago — that suitable laws be enacted at once — the precise form of such legislation to be determined by conference between the officials interested — the Superintendent of Public Works, the State Engineer and Surveyor and the Commissioner of Health.

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Surveys for Attorney-General.

In the defense of claims against the State it is necessary for the Attorney-General to have prepared surveys and maps and to be furnished with certain technical data, in order to properly present the State’s side of the case before the courts.

In all matters pertaining to claims on account of the canal operation or construction the State Engineer is called upon by the Attorney-General to prepare such surveys, maps and reports. This work has been conducted during the past year in a manner similar to that of previous years, and as claims are continually being filed against the State in canal matters other than Barge canal construction, it is necessary that funds be provided for defraying such expenses as may be incurred in preparing this information for the Attorney-General.

It is therefore recommended that an appropriation of $5,000 be made for this purpose, which is similar to that made by the Legislature in former years.

Surveys for State Departments and Commissions.

During the past year the State Engineer has from time to time, upon request from other State departments and commissions, made surveys and prepared necessary maps. In the making of such surveys and maps certain expenses are necessarily incurred for which it has been the custom of the Division Engineers to make advances. In several instances the State Engineer has been compelled to wait for a considerable length of time before obtaining reimbursement for such moneys advanced, and at the present time this Department has an account against another State department which has been overdue for more than one year.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Canal Law the Division Engineers are placed under bonds, and it is not a just nor proper condition to require that they should be called upon to make advances for such expenses.

My recommendation of last year is therefore renewed, that some provision be made by the Legislature whereby there shall be placed in the hands of the State Comptroller a fund of at least $5,000, against which drafts may be drawn by the State Engineer for temporary payment of engineering expenses incurred for the

purposes above mentioned, the amount of such expenses to be refunded, by that branch of the State government for which the work was performed, to this fund under the jurisdiction of the Comptroller in such manner as may be prescribed by the Legislature or determined by the State Comptroller.

Fire-proof Depositories for State Records.

For several years the subject of providing fire-proof vaults for valuable records in the offices of the State Engineer’s Department has been brought to the attention of the Legislature. Only once has favorable action been taken. A small appropriation in 1910 placed fire-proof cabinets and vaults in the Syracuse Weigh-lock building, which is occupied by division offices of the departments of the State Engineer and the Superintendent of Public Works. No provision has yet been made for the Division Engineers’ offices at Albany and Rochester nor for the State Engineer’s office. There are many smaller offices at numerous places throughout the state, but these are generally provided with safes which, while not affording full protection, will probably suffice. The main offices, however, where records are filed permanently should have full protection against loss by fire.

The need for prompt provision is more imperative than ever. With every passing year the records become more valuable and another great loss of irrecoverable State treasures should not be required to incite to action. Even the contemplated removal of the State Engineer’s office to another building need not delay the providing of fire-proof cases which may be transferred with the other office furniture. Accordingly I recommend that an appropriation be made for partial if not for full fire-proof equipment.

Appended Reports.

To show in greater detail the work of the year, reports of engineers in charge of the various pieces of work are added as appendices to my report.

Engineering Expenses: Contract Work.

First are tables giving summaries of the engineering expenses of the Department for the fiscal year. The details that make up

these summaries are contained in the reports of the three Division Engineers and the Terminal Engineer. Next follow tables of contracts that have been completed during the year, and then others of the contracts that are in force at its close.

Barge Canal Terminals.

The preparation of plans and the inspection of construction work as authorized by the Barge Canal Terminal Act has been placed in a bureau in charge of the Terminal Engineer. The detailed report of the Terminal Engineer, which is appended hereto, shows what has been accomplished in connection with providing Barge canal terminals for the canal system.

Division Reports.

The Division Engineers in charge of the three divisions into which the state is divided have each made a report of all of the work performed under their respective supervisions. For Barge canal construction each division has been divided into residencies, which are in charge of Resident Engineers. The reports of the Resident Engineers to the Division Engineers furnish the accounts of what has been done during the year in the actual construction of the canal.

Testing Laboratory for State Works.

The account of what has been done in the Testing Laboratory is contained in a report of the Resident Engineer in charge of these tests.

For many years a testing laboratory has been maintained as a part of the State Engineer’s Department, and for many years this laboratory has stood in the front rank among testing laboratories in the land. While the testing of cement constitutes the chief work of the laboratory, the great structures on the Barge canal have occasioned the necessity of testing sand also, and several years ago this work was added. In this laboratory not only is the cement tested that is used for public works supervised by the State Engineer, but also that used in the buildings erected under the State Architect’s direction. When the work on highway improvement was in charge of the State Engineer, apparatus for

testing stone was placed in the laboratory. These appliances have been transferred to the Highway Department, but cement for highway construction is still tested in this laboratory, though at the expense of the Highway Department.

With the advent of the Barge canal came the use of cement in such large quantities that the custom of inspecting and sampling at the mill was instituted, and this has become an important branch of the work of the laboratory.

Land Bureau.

The report of the engineer in charge of the Land Bureau of the State Engineer’s Department is also appended.

This is the bureau which has charge of the sale of State lands and of the custody of ancient maps and records. There are many ancient records and some modern ones on file in this bureau that are of great value. Occasionally it is possible to add material of considerable value to this collection and whenever this can be

done without cost to the State, it has been done. This bureau is maintained by the State Engineer in connection with his membership as one of the Commissioners of the Land Office. The Commissioners generally refer matters pertaining to the examination of maps to the State Engineer and for this purpose a small fund is needed. Accordingly I recommend the appropriation of $1,000.

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The report of the engineer in charge of the Bureau of Hydraulics is added as an appendix, but is printed in a supplemental volume. This custom is followed because it permits an earlier publication of the remaining portions of the report. The records which comprise the hydraulic report are of great value for refer-If this separation were not made, the time required in compiling, computing and publishing the hydraulic tables would delay the whole report.

There has been a Bureau of Hydraulics in the Barge canal office since 1906. In addition to the gaging of the flow of streams — the work which furnishes the chief subject of the annual report of the bureau — the duties of the bureau include the investigations and reports on special hydraulic problems in connection with Barge canal construction and the preparation of defense for the State in hydraulic and similar cases before the State Board of Claims.

To complete the published report the gagings taken by the hydraulic bureau are supplemented by those taken cooperatively by the State and the United States Geological Survey, by those furnished through the courtesy of the State Conservation Commission and the Board of Water Supply of the city of New York and by others obtained from various corporations and individuals.

Other Reports.

Three other reports will be found among the appendices.

One describes the Black river survey, concerning which something has already been said.

Another records the results of an examination of the New York-New Jersey boundary line. This subject also has been discussed.

The other reports the work done by the State in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey in making topographic surveys of the State. Concerning this matter also I have had something to say.

Acknowledgment.

Acknowledgment should be made to my Deputies and Division Engineers for faithfulness in assisting me to carry on the work of the Department.

During the latter part of the year Mr. Arnold G. Chapman has served as Deputy State Engineer, while during the whole year the Barge canal has been in charge of Mr. Alexander E. Kastl, and the terminal work under the supervision of Mr. John A. O'Connor. Mr. Dwight B. La Du has been at the head of the Eastern Division; Mr. Edwin Styring of the Middle Division, and Mr. Edward J. Govern of the Western Division.

Respectfully submitted,

J. A. BENSEL,

State Engineer and Surveyor.

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Engineering Expenses for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912

Table of Contracts Completed During the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912

Table of Contracts Pending September 30, 1912

Roster of Employees in Office of State Engineer and Surveyor

Engineering Expenses for Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912.

Ordinary Repairs to Canals.

Act.

WORK.

Division.

Amount.

Total.

Chap.

Year.

Erie canal......

Champlain canal.

Erie canal......

Black river canal

Erie canal......

810

810

810

810

810

1911

1911

Eastern.... Eastern....

$7,289 81 4,710 19

1911 Middle 1911 Middle

$9,012 16 237 84

$12,000 00

1911

Western....

$8,927 59

9,250 00 8,927 59

Total

$30,177 59

Construction of Barge Canal.

Act.

WORK.

Division.

Amount.

Total.

Chap. Year.

Head office account

147

Erie canal

Champlain canal

Erie canal

Oswego canal

Cayuga and Seneca canal

Erie canal

55 5555555 555555

Eastern. . . . $306,222 72 Eastern.... 214,103 45 Eastern.... 124,974 79

$645,300 96

Middle

Middle

Middle

$169,252 95 87,238 15

54,541 94

311,033 04

Western.... $265,360 35

265,360 35

Total

$1,221,694 35

Bureau of Bridges.

Act.

WORK.

Division.

Amount.

Total.

Chap

Year.

Bureau of bridges

811

1911

Eastern....

$806 39

$806 39

WORK.

Vlict street bridge, Cohoes. .......

Building dikes, Delaware river at

Port Jervis....................

Construction of docks at port of

New York....................

Minisceongo bridge pier..........

Improvement of Mohawk river and West Canada creek.........;. .

Franklin street bridge, Syracuse....

Washington street bridge, Rome. . .

Dominick street bridge, Rome.....

Improvement of Weigh-lock building, Syracuse...........;......

Repairs to Oak Orchard feeder. . . . Repairs to drain at Chapel street, Lockport.....................

Total

WORK.

Surveys, field notes and manuscript maps........................

State Board of Claims surveys.....

Examination of monuments and

maps.........................

Topographic survey..............

Hydrographic survey.............

State Board of Claims surveys.....

Mapping canal lands...........

Surveys, field notes and manuscript

maps.........................

Black river survey...............

State Board of Claims surveys. Surveys, field notes and manuscript maps.....................

Total

Special Work.

Act.

Chap.

Year.

Division.

Amount.

Total.

488

537

547

513

132

453

527

522

877

524

547

397

1912

1912

1912

1910

1911

1909

1910 1910 1912

1910

1912

1912

Eastern.

Eastern.

Eastern. Eastern.

Eastern.

Middle

Middle

Middle,

Middle

Western.

Western.

Special Surveys.

Act.

Chap.

Year.

$510 67

483 44

79 90 37 48

2,790 68

$3,902 17

$1,416 37

104 00 1 080 64

932 24

$611 07

3,533 25

55 00

666 07

$8,101 49

Division.

Amount.

Total.

199

511

i:;:;

1 513

513

811

547

811

547

513

811

199

511

190

811

511

1910 1912 ,

1909    \

1910    j

1910

1911

1912

1911

1912

1910

1911

1910

1912

1911

1911

1912

Eastern....

Eastern....

Eastern.... Eastern. . . .

Eastern....

Middle

Middle

Middle

Middle

Western... .

Western....

$10,622 51

209 28

496 85 12,732 38

1,901 76

$3,520 85 3,251 19

1,270 53 8,596 05

$1,679 88

3,496 92

$25,962 78

16,638 62

5,176 80

$47,778 20

WORK.

Construction of Barge Canal Terminals.

Act.

Division.

Amount.

Total.

Chap. Year.

Head office account. Eastern division account.. Southern division account Middle division account. . Western division account.

Total...............

746

746

746

746

746

Ml—‘Ml—‘M

CD CD cD CD CD

M‘ M‘ M* M* ‘ I—‘ M‘ M‘ M‘

Eastern. Southern Middle.. Western.

$23,852 43 20,353 29 20,056 92 23,309 88 14,152 82

$23,852 43 20,353 29 20,056 92 23,309 88 14,152 82

$101,725 34

$101,725 34

Summary of Engineering Expenses for the Fiscal Year Ended, September 30, 1912.

DIVISION.

Ordinary repairs to canals.

Construction of Barge canal.

Bureau of bridges.

Special

work.

Special

surveys.

Construction of Barge canal terminals.

Total.

Eastern and head office.

Middle......

Western.....

Southern....

$12,000 00 9,250 00 8,927 59

$645,300 96 311,033 04 265,360 35

$806 39

$3,902 17 3,533 25 666 07

$25,962 78 16,638 62 5,176 80

$44,205 72 23,309 88 14,152 82 20,056 92

$732,178 02 363,764 79 294,283 63 20,056 92

Totals...

$30,177 59] $1,221,694 35

$806 39

$8,101 49

$47,778 20

$101,725 34

$1,410,283 36

PH

-3

SI

tzl

PS

Final

payment.

*4,731 03 37,112 37 11,673 96

Final.

payment.

$45,314 70 16,733 56

Table of Contracts Completed During the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912.

Special Work.

Contract

price.

$4,485 00 38,245 75 9,231 50

Contract price, as affected by alterations

$46,386 80 15,419 90

Engineer’s

pre

liminary

estimate.

$4,461 00 43,131 75 9,817 40

Engineer’s

pre

liminary

estimate.

Appropria

tion.

$5,000 00 51,000 00 15,000 00

Act.

Chap. Year.

0X61

0161

CO t'- ■'t' H(NW 1O1Q lO

Division.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

Eastern. . . Middle... . Middle....

Reconstruction of the center pier (protection pier) of the draw bridge over Minisceongo

creek, Rockland county.................

Franklin street bridge, Syracuse............

Weigh-lock building, Syracuse..............

April 28, 1911

Dec. 3, 1910 Nov. 16, 1911

Special Work, Connected with Barge Canal Construction.

Act.

Year.

Chap.

Division.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

1909

1909

453

13

Highways adjacent to Delta reservoir.................Middle....

Raising highway adjacent to contract No. 78, near Fulton Middle... .

June 15, 1910 June 15, 1910

E. S. Sickles

Charles B. Foster......

The O. M. Edwards Co.

CONTRACTOR.

Cunningham-Woodard Co. .. Cunningham-Woodard Co. ..

Final

payment.

$1,332 14 1,033,864 04 655,461 19 628 60

1,378,956 17 165,183 48

46,800 00 7,526 25 946,167 98 517,222 70 50,068 19 33,979 58 110,886 34

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

$1,350 92 1,026,549 80 803,297 18 723 60

1,481,691 75 175,537 46

46,800 00 7,560 69 1,024,281 85 518,828 96 49,025 95 37,480 00 117,390 64

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

$1,353 10 1,381,662 50 724,014 00 533 00

.1,380,760 00 183,618 60

72,000 00 8,190 50 1,175,623 00 778,960 00 55,154 00 39,735 00 134,340 00

Construction of Barge Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

Division.

Middle.

Western

j Western

Eastern

Eastern

Eastern

Middle.

Eastern

Middle.

Eastern

Eastern

Eastern

Eastern

Eastern

Character of work.

Contract No. 4-B, Erie canal — Concrete highway bridge

along Burdick’s road..............................

Contract No. 6, Erie canal — Buffalo road, southwest of

Rochester, to near South Greece....................

Contract No. 9, Erie canal — Eagle Harbor to Beal’s

bridge...................................

Contract No. 14-R, Erie canal — Removing bodies from cemeteries located within flood limits of contract No. 14 Contract No. 15, Champlain canal —Whitehall to Comstock ...........................................

Contract No. 33, Erie, Champlain and Oswego canals — ( Lock-gates, etc., on contracts Nos. 2, 10, 11 and 15. . \ Contract No. 36, Erie canal — Operating winches for

able dams in Mohawk river....................

Contract No. 55-R, Water-supply — Moving cemetery

from site of contract No. 55......................

Contract No. 68, Champlain canal — Locks at Mechanic-

ville, Stillwater and Northumberland.............

Contract No. 73, Champlain canal — Hudson river, Still-Northumberland.........................

water to

Contract No. 78, Oswego canal — Dike along Oswego

river near Fulton.................................

Contract No. 79, Oswego canal — Bridge street bridge at

Oswego.........................................

Contract No. 80, Oswego canal — Dam and bulkheads at Phoenix.........................................

Date of contract.

Dec. 8, 1910 May 3, 1905 Mar. 18, 1908 Nov. 28, 1911 Aug. 9, 1906 Jan. 7, 1910 May 25, 1910 Nov. 3, 1911 Nov. 23, 1908 May 26, 1910 Aug. 18, 1910 Sept. 23, 1910 Jan. 16, 1911

CONTRACTOR.

E.    J. Doyle & Co

F.    A. Maselli.....

Thos. Crimmins Contracting Co...

Thomas F. Riley................

Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co........

Penn Bridge Co.................

J. D. Miller

Kalk & Brown

Shanley-Morrissey, Inc...

E. M. Graves...........

Cunningham-Woodard Co

Lupfer & Remick........

Walter Bradley..........

31

Value of work done to September 30, 1912.

$40,230 00 4,090 00

207 00

Contract price, as affected by alterations

$69,430 00

5,710 50 19,874 00

En gineer’s preliminary estimate.

$66,500 00

5,130 00

22,790 50

Table of Contracts Pending, September 30, 1912.

Special Work.

Appropria

tion.

$75,000 00 7,000 00

EWW.    V*ld”°e,.Wo°rk

PestimateY affectefl by September estimate. alterations. 30, 1912.

$680 00 70,350 00 3,560 00

Act.

Year.

1911

1912

1911

Division.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

Chap.

132

.Eastern. . .

488

877

The improvement of the channel and banks of the Mohawk river and West Canada creek

at Herkimer...........................

Constructing a highway bridge over the Erie

canal at Vliet street, Cohoes.............

Constructing a highway bridge over Black

river canal at East Dominick street, Rome. Middle.. . .

Oct. 21, 1911

Lathrop, Shea and Henwood Co.....................

Eastern. . .

July 23, 1912 July 24, 1912

Special Work, Connected with Barge Canal Construction.

Act.

Division.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

Aldrich & Hall, Inc

Lupfer & Remick

CONTRACTOR.

Chap. Year.

$4,629 00 93,019 50

1909    $73,000 00    90,228 50

1909

1909

Middle.. . . Middle.. . . iMiddle.. . .

Henry P. Burgard......Jan. 3, 1912 Road A, adjacent to contract No. 37

Henry P. Burgard......Jan. 3, 1912 Road B, adjacent to contract No. 37

James Stewart & Co. . . . Aug. 14, 1912 Ox creek highways, near Fulton

Value of work done to September 30, 1912.

$474,400 00

694,390 00

274,610 00

633,290 00 239,990 00 920,420 00

66S.360 00 88,600 00 76,240 00 1,190,440 00

2,59S,510 00 20,180 00

12,525,460 00

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

$580,423 57 990,075 56 307,022 57 657,273 09 317,597 00 1,516,788 98

799,399 10 1,206,019,00

174,513 90

516,336 00

1,333,198 80

3,558,145 84 28,127 50

Construction of Barge Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903; Chapter 391, Laws of 1909; and amendatory laws.

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

Division.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

$619,846 00 1,022,640 00 263,189 40 760,576 00 395,285 00 1,518,382 00

888,363 00 1,149,988 00

103,058 00

515,044 00

1,671,385 00

3,082,560 00 29,775 00

|2,875,570 0012,985,224 72]

Eastern

Eastern.

j Eastern

Eastern

Middle.

Eastern

Eastern

Middle.

Middle. [Middle. I Eastern

Middle.

Eastern

Middle.

[Eastern

Contract No. 1, Champlain canal — Hudson river, Northumberland to Fort Miller and Crocker’s Reef to

Fort Edward.....................................

Contract No. 2, Erie canal — Through Waterford to con-

tract No 11............... ..............

Contract No. 2-E, Erie canai — Through Waterford to

contract No. 11..................................

Contract No. 3, Champlain canal — Fort Miller to Crocker’s Reef. .

Contract No. 5-A, Erie canal — Completing contract No. 5, from Mosquito Point to Campbell’s bridge. Contract No. 8, Erie canal — Dams and locks at Scotia,

Rotterdam and Cranesville........................

Contract No. 8-A, Erie canal — Lock No. 8 and substructure of dam No. 4 at Scotia, and completion of

locks and dams at Rotterdam and Cranesville........

Contract No. 10, Oswego canal — Through Fulton......

Contract No. 10-A, Oswego canal — From Broadway

bridge, Fulton, south to contract No. 39.............

Contract No. 10-B, Oswego canal — From the upper end

of lock No. 2, Fulton, north to contract No. 37.......

Contract No. 11, Erie Canal — From contract No. 2, to

Mohawk river..................................

Contract No. 12, Erie canal — Oneida lake to Mosquito

Point.........................................

Contract No. 13, Erie canal — Bridges on contracts Nos. 18 and 12.................................

Contract No. 14, Erie canal — Mohawk river, Crescent to Rexford Flats aqueduct; dams at Crescent and Minden-ville; dams and locks at Vischer’s Ferry, Canajoharie, Yosts and Fort Plain.............................

April 18, 1905

April 3, 1905 Dec. 8, 1909 April 4, 1905 Jan. 20, 1912 May 22, 1906 July 6, 1912

June 7, 1906 Dec. 14, 1911

Mar. 4, 1912

May 21, 1906

Sept. 23, 1907

Nov. 7, 1908

Sept. 10, 1907

Empire Engineering Corporation...

Ferguson Contracting Co. a

Holler & Shepard b........

Sundstrom & Stratton.....

James Stewart & Co. b.....

Pittsburg-Eastern Co. a. . . . The Foundation Company b.

McDermott Contracting Co. a. The T. A. Gillespie Co. b.

Oswego Construction Co., Inc. b. . .

Fort Orange Construction Co......

James Stewart & Co.............

Penn Bridge Company...........

Acme Engineering & Contracting

Co

a Suspended by order of Canal Board. b Relet to complete contracts.

Value of work done to September 30, 1912.

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

*92,955 88    *74,690    00

842,417 68    57,560    00

812,286 46    744,290    00

891,401 16    749,690    00

490,837 30    299,420    00

1,032,210 20    459,710    00

585,720 00    594,190    00

276,880 00

1,323,15000    751,05000

127,521 00    40,500    00

27,099 20

1,824,388 60 1,024,280 00 44,368 00    19,510    00

1,707,191 80 1,525,560 00 723,268 61    378,650    00

486,464 25    211,370    00

451,110 00

Table of Contracts Pending September 30, 1912    (Continued).

Construction of Barge Canal— (Continued).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903; Chapter 391, Laws of 1909, and amendatory laws.

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

Division.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

*70,718 90 883,926 00 836,220 76

1,038,245 00

499,000 00

848,540 00

570,600 00

2,260,000 00 2,685,477 40|

1,475,900 00

107,126 00 24,916 00

2,166,600 00

46,692 00

1,849,831 0C

998,920 0C

691,250 36

12,660,460 8711,523,150 00

744,040 00 641,250 00

Eastern. . Eastern. .

Western.

Eastern

Eastern

I Eastern

Eastern

[Western

Middle.

Middle.

Western

Eastern

Eastern

Eastern

409,455 0C

812,350 0€

[2,650,500 001

813,800 00 752,760 00

1,992,220 00 2,462,608 70|l, 137,930 00 230,720 00

831,302 28 760,917 20

972,900 00 1,048,674 40

1,738,530 00

478,670 00

301,340 00

922,270 00

734,720 00 830,850 00

835,140 00 543,700 00 233,890 00 149,630 00

194,150 00 883,350 00

1,287,080 00 861,870 00 1,629,640 00 1,421,190 00 827,740 00 764,240 00

2,516,743 00 2,252,143 80

1,312,814 00 1,047,366 05

1,529,885 00 1,413,015 90

1,926,093 00 1,760,913 35

1,367,583 00 1,305,930 05 1,434,148 00 1,279,327 60

1,626,811 50 1,679,211 95 765,679 00    735,227    25

1,076,000 00    971,768    00

424,710 00    397,093    00

251,370 10 945,839 55

319,956 20

93,596 00

1,491,316 91

1,090,853 35

2,515,042 82

2,349,697 46

1,335,433 78

! 854,393 59

232,908 00 1,014,525 00

317,638 00

85,625 00

1,267,301 00

1,000,219 00

2,151,470 00

2,184,083 00

1,207,930 00

751,039 00

Eastern

Eastern

Eastern

Eastern

Middle.

Middle

Middle

Western

Middle

Middle

Middle

Middle......

Western.....

Western

Western

Middle

Middle

Eastern

Middle.

Eastern

Middle,

Western

Western

Western

Western

Western

| Western

Contract No. 16, Erie and Champlain canals — Bridges

on contracts Nos. 11, 25 and 27.................. ■ •

\ Contract No. 17, Erie canal — Dams and locks at Am-J sterdam and Tribes Hill

Contract No. 19, Erie canal — Sulphur Springs guard-

lock to Ellicott creek.........................'•••••

Contract No. 20-A, Erie canal — Little Tails to Castle

Contract No. 20-1L Erie canal — Mohawk river, Minden-

ville to Canajoharie...................• • • • •

Contract No. 20-C, Erie canal — Mohawk river, Canajoharie to Yosts..................................

Contract No. 20-D, Erie canal — Mohawk river, Yosts

to Rexford Flats................................. ■

Contract No. 21, Erie canal — Genesee river to near N.

Y. C. R. R. bridge...........................• • • • •

Contract^ No. 22, Erie canal — Bridges on part of con-

Contract No. 228A, Erie canal — Bridge at Weedsport. . Contract No. 23, Erie canal — Kings Bend to Genesee

Nov. 1, 1911 Contract No. 24, Champlain canal—Guard-gate at Crocker’s Reef...................................

Nov. 19, 1906 Contract No. 25, Champlain canal — Comstock to Dunhams Basin........................■ • • ......

Nov. 23, 1906 Contract No. 27, Champlain canal — Dunhams Basin to

Fort Edward........................ ■ • ....... ■ • : ■

Contract No. 27-A, Champlain canal — Dunhams Basin to Fort Edward..................................

April 3, 1909 Contract No. 29, Erie canal — Sterling creek to Herkimer-Oneida county line........................

July 16, 1909 Contract No. 30, Erie canal — Mohawk river, Little Falls to Sterling creek..................................

Dec. 20, 1906

Dec. 29, 1906 Mar. 3, 1908 Nov. 26, 1906

Aug. 20, 1909

Aug. 2, 1909

Aug. 18, 1909

Aug. 18, 1909

April 7, 1910

Sept. 24, 1910

Aug. 8, 1912 Aug. 18, 1909

0X61 ‘I '⁰⁸a

Sept. 2, 1908 Contract No. 31, Erie canal—Through Little Falls;

Rocky Rift dam..................................

Sept. 16, 1907 Contract No. 35, Oswego Canal —Through Oswego.....

Dec. 9, 1910 Contract No. 37, Oswego canal — Between Fulton and

Oswego.........................................

April 15, 1910 Contract No. 39, Oswego canal — Three River Point to Fulton..........................................

Contract No. 40, Erie canal — Locks at Lockport to

Sulphur Springs guard-lock........................

Contract No. 42, Erie canal — Herkimer-Oneida county

line to Oriskany road.............................

Contract No. 43, Erie canal — Oriskany road to Mud

creek...........................................

Contract No. 44, Erie canal — Mud creek to contract

No. 4...........................................

Contract No. 46, Erie canal — Fox Ridge to Wayne

county line......................................

Contract No. 47, Erie canal — Town of Galen to Lyons. . Contract No. 48, Erie canal — Near N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. crossing at Lyons to near West Shore R. R.

ing at East Newark..........................

Contract No. 49, Erie canal — Palmyra to Wayne-Mon-

county line...................................

Contract No. 50, Water-supply — Dam across West

Canada creek at Hinckley.........................

Contract No. 51, Water-supply — Feeder from Trenton Falls on West Canada creek to Nine-Mile creek......

cross-

roe

Nov. 27, 1908

July 9, 1909

Oct. 15, 1909

Jan. 8, 1910

Nov. 23, 1908

Nov. 30, 1908 Dec. 29, 1910

Feb. 21, 1910 Sept. 23, 1910 Dec. 23, 1910

Dec. 13,1909 Contract No. 54, Champlain canal — Lock No. 7 at Fort

Edward.........................................

Contract No. 55, Water-supply — Delta reservoir.......

Contract No. 56, Champlain canal — Improvement of

Glens Falls feeder................................

Aug. 6, 1912 Contract No. 57, Erie canal — Through Onondaga lake

outlet...........................................

Aug. 6, 1908 Contract No. 60, Erie canal — Near South Greece to near

Adams Basin....................................

[Oct. 13, 1908 Contract No. 61, Erie canal — Near Adams Basin to Mon-

roe-Orleans county line............................

Contract No. 62, Erie canal — Monroe-Orleans county

line to Eagle Harbor..............................

Contract No. 63, Erie canal — Wayne-Monroe county

line to Kings Bend...............................

Contract No. 64, Erie canal — Near Prospect street,

Medina, to near Gasport..........................

Contract No. 66, Erie canal — Near Gasport to near locks

at Lockport......................................

b Relet to complete former contracts.

Oct. 19, 1908 Sept. 26, 1912

Aug. 11, 1910 June 3, 1910 Aug. 6, 1908 Sept, 22, 1908

United Construction Co

The Scofield Company, a. . .. Alexander Murdoch b. . ■ • .. ■ Great Lakes Construction Co

Houston Barnard................

S. Pearson & Son, Inc............

American Pipe & Construction Co..

American Pipe & Construction Co..

Lane Brothers Company..........

M. Fitzgerald...................

Lupfer & Remick................

Millard & Lupton Co............

Kingsbury Construction Co.......

Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co........

Kinser Construction Co. a........

Holler & Shephard b.............

Maryland Dredging & Contracting

Co

Acme Engineering & Contracting

Co

Casey & Murray........

Gilmour-Horton-AUen Co Henry P. Burgard.......

James Stewart & Co. a...

United Engineering & Contracting

Co

Shanley-Morrissey, Inc. a

M. A. Talbott Co........

Scott Brothers..........

Kinser Construction Co

Crowell-Sherman-Stalter Co. Crowell-Sherman-Stalter Co.

American Pipe & Construction Co.

Buffalo Dredging Co.............

Alto Construction Co............

The Hunkin-Conkey Construction

Co

Arthur McMullen...............

Flood & Van Wirt Company......

New York State Dredging Co.....

Empire Engineering Corporation. .

Cleveland & Sons Co.............

I. M. Ludington’s Sons, Inc.......

H. S. Kerbaugh, Inc.............

Empire Engineering Corporation...

Empire Engineering Corporation...

o Suspended by order of Canal Board.

v:

rd

r—¹

Value of work done to September 30, 1912.

$739,440 00 210,850 00 236,240 00 821,960 00 618,900 00 40,930 00

790,870 00

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

Table of Contracts Pending September 30, 1912 — (Concluded).

Construction of Barge Canal — (Concluded).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903; Chapter 391, Laws of 1909; and amendatory laws.

Engineer's

preliminary

estimate.

Division.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

$1,290,8S0 00 $1,208,110 00 270,675 00    240,206 45

749,300 00    779,636 50

1,502,100 00 1,561,119 00 1,439,733 00 1,221,111 75 42,917 00

39,525 00|

1,512,011 15

1,701,807 5511,176,270 00 21,320 00 12,010 00

4,940 00 7,230 00

163,890 00

980 00

20,080 00 3,300 00

590 00

30,620 00 208,680 00

740,820 00

28,841 50 13,151 50 43,440 00 29,642 00 59,616 00

1,504,776 00| 1,790,672 00 27,235 00 12,783 50 41,871 00 23,553 00 65,116 00

180,630 00    180,317 94

64,020 201

64,840 00]

44,985 50 40,639 50

39,370 00

258,710 00

376,233 50

44,600 00 44,599 50

45,580 00

253,010 00

393,133 50

1,436,597 50 216,509 90 215,639 00

1,832,550 00 178,237 00 304,330 00

Western

Eastern

Eastern

Eastern

.Eastern

IWestern

Western

Western

Western

Middle

Eastern

Eastern

Western

Eastern. . . \ Middle.. . . /

Middle

Eastern

Middle.

Middle

Western

Middle.

Middle

Middle

Middle

Contract No. 67, Erie canal — Locks at Lockport......

Contract No. 69, Champlain canal — Lock at lower

Mechanicville................................

Contract No. 70, Champlain canal — Hudson river,

Waterford to lock No. 1...........................

Contract No. 71, Champlain canal — Hudson river, lock

No. 1 to lower Mechanicville...................

Contract No. 72, Champlain canal — Hudson river,

lower Mechanicville to Stillwater...................

Contract No. 75, Erie canal — Guard-gate superstructures on contracts Nos. 60, 61 and 64...............

Contract No. 76, Erie canal — Near West Shore R. R. crossing at East Newark to about one-half mile east of

Port Gibson............................._........

Contract No. 77, Erie canal — About one-half mile east of Port Gibson to about one-half mile west of Palmyra.... Contract No. 82, Erie canal — Highway bridge superstructures within the limits of contract No. 21.......

Contract No. 85, Oswego canal — Bridge over lock at

Phoenix..........................................

Contract No. 86, Erie canal — Reconstruction of a portion of bridge at Canajoharie......................

Contract No. 88, Champlain canal — Reconstruction of

a portion of bridge at Schuylerville. . . ..............

Contract No. 89, Erie canal — Construction of highway

bridges between Lyons and Palmyra..............

Contract No. 90, Erie, Champlain and Oswego canals — Power-supply at Baldwinsville, Smiths Basin, Comstock and Whitehall; operating equipment at lock No. 24, Erie canal, at Nos. 9, 11 and 12, Champlain

canal, and at Nos. 1, 2, 7 and 8, Oswego canal......j

Contract No. 90-A, Oswego canal — Power-plants at locks Nos. 1, 2, 7 and 8...........................

Sept. 3, 1910 Dec. 11, 1909

Jan. 11,1910

Jan. 11, 1910

Dec. 14, 1909

Mar. 1, 1910

Dec. 23, 19101

Dec. 23, 1910 Dec. 7, 1910 Aug. 5, 1911 Sept. 23, 1911 Nov. 4, 1911 May 28, 1912 April 12, 1910

Aug. 8, 1912

]Jan. 5, 1911 Contract No. 91, Erie canal — Hydro-clectric power-plant

at Crescent dam..................................

Contract No. 101, Erie canal — Bridge at Three Rivers. . Contract No. 104, Oswego canal — Bridge at Broadway,

Fulton..........................................

Contract No. 105, Erie canal — Construction of five lift

bridges from Spencerport to Gasport................

Contract A, Cayuga and Seneca canal — Lock No. 1 and

dam No. 1, near Cayuga..........................

Contract B, Cayuga and Seneca canal — Dredging Seneca river, Montezuma to Cayuga lake, Cayuga lake

to Seneca Falls, Waterloo to Seneca lake............

Contract H, Cayuga and Seneca canal — Dredging

Cayuga lake inlet.................................

Contract I, Cayuga and Seneca canal — Improvement from Seneca lake to Montour Falls.................

Aug. 8, 1912 Mar. 5, 1912

April 19, 1912

Dec. 30, 1910

Dec. 29, 1910

Dec. 22, 1911 Sept. 23, 1912

Larkin & Sangster.......

I. A. Hodge & Co., Inc. . .

Shanley-Morrissey, Inc. a.

Shanley-Morrissey, Inc. a

Shanley-Morrissey, Inc. a

United Construction Co.

The T. A. Gillespie Co

The T. A. Gillespie Co...........

Groton Bridge Co...............

Lupfer & Remick................

Lathrop, Shea & Henwood Co. . . .

Lathrop, Shea & Henwood Co.....

Owego Bridge Co................

D’Olier Engineering Corporation.. .

Lupfer & Remick

The Hollington Company...

Barrally & Ingersoll........

R. B. Murdock............

Skene & Richmond........

Scott Brothers............

Crowell-Sherman-Stalter Co.

James H. Dawes

The Central Dredging Co

a Suspended by order of Canal Board.

Roster of Employees in Office of State Engineer and Surveyor.

John A. Bensel, State Engineer.

Arnold G. Chapman, Deputy State Engineer. R. V. Somerville, Acting Chief Cleric.

Graded Employees.

B. J. McAllister, Private Secretary.

M. Peckham, Jr., Land Cleric.

J. M. Smelzer, Filing Cleric.

Mabel Weinholz, Stenographer.

A. M. Flanigan, Stenographer. Bertha Kirchner, Stenographer. Henry MacFarlane, Laborer.

P. H. White, Night Watchman.

REPORT

OF THE

DIVISION ENGINEER

OF THE

EASTERN DIVISION

For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912

EASTERN DIVISION.

IState of New York,

Department of State Engineer and Surveyor, Eastern Division.

Albany, October 1, 1912.

lion. J. A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor, Albany, N. Y.:

Sir.— I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report as Division Engineer of the Eastern Division of the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.

The work performed by the engineering force on this Division under my supervision consisted principally of the duties involved in connection with Barge canal construction. Plans and specifications have been prepared and construction superintended on various projects provided for by special legislation. The various State departments and commissions have been rendered the customary assistance in the way of preparing maps of the sites of their respective institutions. The Superintendent of Public Works has received detailed reports and testimony has been given, which he in turn has used in assisting the Attorney-General fn preparing and defending claims which have been brought against the State of New York for damages arising from both Barge canal construction and the operation of the present canal system.

Construction of Barge Canal.

(Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.)

This division includes that part of the Barge canal system that extends from the Troy dam west to the Herkimer-Oneida county line, on the Erie canal, and north to the southern end of Lake Champlain, which includes the entire length of the Champlain canal— in all, 190 miles of navigable waters. To fulfill the provisions and intent of the law passed by the Legislature, which gave Vol. T—3 to tlie people of New York state the Barge canal system, it entailed the expenditure of over $30,(XX),000 on this division, and inasmuch as the value of work completed on 'September 30, 1912, is practically $18,500,000, it shows that the construction of the new canal within the limits of this Division is over 60 per cent completed. On the various sections which are now in a finished state and have been turned over to the Superintendent of Public Works, or are being operated by this Department in order that construction may he facilitated on uncompleted adjoining sections, the manner in which the several structures operate, fulfills the promises of their designers and reflects credit on the men who were in the field and in charge of their construction.

Several of the movable dams along the Mohawk river, which are now in a completed state, have been operated under the supervision of engineers from this Department, in order that a sufficient depth of water might he obtained that would allow the contractors to proceed with their dredging operations. The object lias been accomplished, hut the experience gained shows that too much importance cannot he placed in having men trained for this particular work located at every dam, as the manipulation of the gates in maintaining the proper water levels requires care and skill, and the failure of one of these dams would prove fatal, not only to construction in the vicinity, but at some future time, when the canal is completed, to its operation.

The work during the past year was progressed at a satisfactory rate, and had not the Canal Board been forced, due to lack of progress shown by the contractors, to cancel certain contracts which provided for dredging the Hudson river, the value of the work completed during the year would have compared very favorably, if not exceeded, that of any previous year.

M a piping of Canal Lands.

(Chapter 199, Laws of 1910.)

The work to he done as outlined in this act, which provided the funds for locating the limits of State property along the existing canals, which is commonly known as the “ blue line,” was progressed throughout the year until September 30, 1912, when it was

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Tiie Minisceongo Bridge Pier Protection.

(Chapter 513, Laws of 1910.)

Plans and specifications were prepared by this Department for the reconstruction of the center pier protection of the draw bridge over the Minisceongo creek at Stony Point, Rockland county, Hew York. The contract was awarded to E. S'. Sickles, and the work completed during the last year under the supervision of engineers from this Division.

Improvement of the Channel and Banks of the Mohawk River and West Canada Creek, Herkimer.

(Chapter 132, Laws of 1911.)

This act provides funds which will allow for certain improvements in the vicinity of the junction of the West Canada creek and the Mohawk river, in order that the village of Herkimer may be protected against floods which have menaced this locality every spring. Plans and specifications were prepared in this Department and the contract awarded to Lathrop, Shea & Hen-wood Co. for doing this work.

Since June, 1912, the construction under the supervision of engineers from this Division has progressed at a satisfactory rate, and it is expected that the contract will be completed and the desired relief to the village of Herkimer obtained by January 1, 1913.

Construction of a Highway Bridge Over the Erie Canal at Vliet Street, Cohoes.

(Chapter 488, Laws of 1912.)

This act provided for the removal of an existing bridge at Pittsford, N. Y., and its erection over the Erie canal at Vliet street, Cohoes. The necessary plans and specifications were prepared by this Department and the contract awarded to Aldrich & Hall, Inc. The construction has been completed under the supervision of engineers from this Division and the bridge thrown open to traffic.

Construction of Dikes Along the Delaware River at Port

Jervis.

(Chapter 537, Laws of 1912.)

Plans and specifications have been prepared by this Department to cover the construction provided for in this act, but the contract has not been advertised, inasmuch as the city of Port Jervis has not provided releases on all the lands that are necessary in making this improvement, and the act provides that these releases must he filed before the starting of any construction work.

Pier at Quarantine Station.

(Chapter 547, Laws of 1912.)

In the supply hill the Health Officer of the Port of New York is given certain funds for the construction of a new dock at the Quarantine station. This Department has prepared plans and specifications for this work, and bids have been received and it is expected that a formal contract will be signed, so that the construction will begin not later than December 1, 1912, and will be under the supervision of engineers from this Department.

Surveys for State Departments and Commissions. During the year surveys have been made and maps prepared for the following:

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.Maps have been prepared showing the boundaries of certain lands that it w’as the desire of the commission to purchase and add to the Saratoga reservation.

Training School for Girls at Hudson.

The necessary survey has been made and maps prepared of a plot of land to be purchased as an addition to the site of this school.

State Hospital Commission.

Maps have been prepared showing land to be purchased for the Hudson River State Hospital at Poughkeepsie.

Necessary surveys were made to locate the strip of land sold from the site of The Long Island 'State Hospital to the Long Island Motor Parkway for boulevard purposes.

Certain topographical surveys have been made at the site of the Mohansic State Hospital for the use of the State Architect.

Yorktown Training School for Bogs at Yorktown Heights. Additional surveys have been made at the site of this institution in order to give the State Architect certain information required in designing the buildings.

State Custodial Farm Colony, Dutchess Co.

Surveys have been made and the necessary maps prepared of lands that it is proposed to purchase as a site for this institution.

Health Officer of the Fort of Neiv York.

In order that the State Architect might have accurate information, a complete topographic map has been made, showing all buildings, etc*., at Hoffman and Stvinburne islands and at the Quarantine station on 'Staten island.

A ttorney-General.

A survey has been made and map prepared of certain property situated in Ellenville, over which the Attorney-General is engaged in litigation.

A rmory Comm ission.

A complete topographic map has been prepared, for the use of the State Architect, of the proposed site for the Troop B Armory at Albany.

In connection with all the above surveys it was necessary for me to advance moneys for both salary and expenses to the engineers from this Division, who were assigned to this work, it being understood that the department for which these several surveys were made are to reimburse this Department for the actual amount expended. In several cases considerable time has elapsed between the completion of the survey and the receipt of the money covering the cost thereof. This not only complicates the work of the financial department connected with this Division, but in carrying this balance, it in many cases renders it impossible to meet all the liabilities incurred at the proper time, as my bond now is hardly sufficient to cover the disbursements occasioned by the Barge Canal Act, and 1 cannot urge you too strongly to put forth your best efforts toward the passing of such legislation as would place $5,000 in the hands of the Comptroller, upon which drafts can be drawn, covering the costs of these surveys at their completion, and the various departments for which the surveys are made may reimburse this fund at their convenience for the actual cost of the work performed.

I should also urge that the necessary legislation be recommended which will allow for the increase in my bond as Division Engineer of from $50,000 to $60,000, in order to facilitate the handling of the accounts.

Appended to this report arc statements showing the engineering expenses and tables showing all contracts in force during the year, which are divided into two groups — those completed and those still pending,— together with detailed reports submitted by the various resident engineers, showing the progress of the work on their respective residencies.

In closing I desire to take this opportunity to express to you and Mr. East! my sincere appreciation for the courtesies which you have extended and the advice which you have given, that has so materially helped me in performing by duties as Division

Engineer; to make acknowledgment to my immediate office force for their painstaking efforts, and to the Resident Engineers and men engaged in the actual construction, to extend my hearty thanks for their loyalty and interest which they have shown in their work, and which made it possible for the Eastern Division to contribute her share to this record-breaking year of Barge canal construction.

Respectfully submitted,

D. B. LA DU,

Division Engineer.

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APPENDED REPORTS — EASTERN DIVISION.

Resident Engineers’ Reports on Barge Canal Construction.

Erie Canal, Residency No. 1.

Resident Engineer G. W. Stickney reports:

This residency covers that portion of the Erie canal between the Congress street bridge at Troy and the lower Mohawk aqueduct at the village of Crescent, a distance of 7.4 miles, and includes within its limits the following contracts upon which either preliminary or construction work has been in progress during the past year: Nos. 74, 2-E, 11, 91 and portions of Nos. 92, 33 and 16, besides several others that had been finished or suspended by the Canal Board prior to September 30, 1911.

The major part of the engineering work on this residency has had to do with the actual construction of the several contracts, but in addition to this a few cross-sections and rock soundings were taken at the Sloop lock, Troy, a revised preliminary survey was made for contract No. 74, work was continued on the mounted maps, several appropriations and reconveyance maps were made and final estimates for the several contracts worked up as follows: contract No. 2-E, 80 per cent completed; contract No. 11, 25 per cent completed; contracts Nos. 33 and 16, completed.

The following are detailed reports for the several contracts on this residency:

Contract No. 74.

For excavating a channel in the Hudson river and Mohawk river and performing work incidental thereto from 'Sta. 146 + 65 to Sta. 171 + 90. Length, 0'.48 mile.

Plans are completed and approved by the Canal Board, but the contract is not yet awarded.

Contract No. 2-E.

For completing the construction of the canal from the Mohawk river at Waterford to a point about one-fourth mile above the head of lock No. 3. Length, 0.91 mile.

During the year operations have been confined chiefly to the sections of the contract below lock No. 2 and above lock No. 3, the

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work between the locks liaving been practically completed during tlie previous year.

Below lock No. 2 the prism excavation has been finished and the embankment behind approach walls nearly so. The grading, concrete sidewalk, curb and cobblestone gutter for south approach to Fourth street bridge have been completed. The concrete docking which was substituted for cribbing by alteration No. 6 is 99.4 per cent completed and the short crib on the north side about 90 per cent finished.

There still remains to be placed in the north crib below lock No. 2, 1,200 lin. ft. of round timber, about 10,000 ft. B. M. of yellow pine in facing timber and fenders and 600- cu. yds. of stone filling; and on the south side: 1,000 ft. B. M. of yellow pine fenders, about 200 cu. yds. of embankment and 200 lin. ft. of wooden fence.

The only work done this year between the locks consisted in trimming up slopes and spoil banks and general cleaning up.

Above lock No. 3 all contract work done this year has been under alteration No. 7, which provides for a guide pier 820 ft. long on the south side. The work on this has been about 80 per cent completed, there still remaining 9 bridges to be built and the floating fenders to be framed and placed, requiring 144 cu. yds. of reinforced concrete, 26,000 lbs. of metal reinforcement, 5,000 lbs. of structural steel and 17,800 ft. B. M. of yellow pine timber.

The principal items of work done during the year are as follows:

. 10,300 cu. yds. . .4,400' cu. yds. 33,400 ft. B. M. ,.11,800 lin. ft. . . 1,364 cm yds. ..1,170 cu. yds. , . . 6,050 lin. ft. . . . .284 cu. yds.

.....53,406 lbs,

.......$16,290

Excavation.....................

Embankment .....................

Timber and plank (yellow pine).......

Bound timber in cribs...............

Second-class concrete...............

Stone filling in cribs...............

Foundation piles (alteration No. 7) ... .

Reinforced concrete (alteration No. 7).

Metal reinforcement (alteration No. 7)

Concrete dock wall (alteration No. 6) .

Percentage of work done to date, based on the preliminary estimate, =• 89.4.

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Early in the spring the coffer-dams across the Champlain canal, at its intersection with the level of the new Erie canal just above lock No. 2, were removed, so that the level between locks Nos. 2 and 3 has been full during the entire season.

The work on contract No. 2-E has been under the direction of the following men: Oct. 1, 1911, to flan. 20, 1912, G. W. Stick-ney, Asst. Eng.; Jan. 21, 1912, to May 31, 1912, H. P. O’Bryan, Leveler; June 1, 1912, to date, E. C. Hackett, Draftsman.

The following is a detailed statement of the totals and percentages of work done to date and during the fiscal year on each of the several items of this contract:

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Work done by alterations' during year. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 1 4,5, 6 and 7.

Total work done to date.

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Per cent of work done to date.

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All excavation Sheeting and bracing.

Forming embankment

Lining......................

Timber and plank, yellow pine.

Spruce, timber and plank...

Round timber in cribs......

Foundation piles, 15 ft. long.

Mooring piles, 20 ft. long...

Second-class concrete.......

Wash walls...............

Stone filling...............

12-in. vitrified pipe........

Iron castings..............

Structural steel............

White oak in miter-sills...............ft. B. M.

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Stone curbs, reset............. lin.    ft.

Cobblestone gutters, relaid.............sq. yds.

Crosswalks, relaid.....................sq. yds.

Change in hydrant and connections. . lump sum .. lump sum

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Change in steps and stoops.....

Removing concrete............

Dressing concrete..............

Cast iron quoin-plates..........

24-in. vitrified pipe............

Portland cement sidewalk......

Crosswalks...................

Wooden fence................

Iron fence....................

Treating fenders..............

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Gravel concrete No. 2.........

Concrete wall.................

Foundation piles..............

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Contract No. 11.

For excavating the canal and protecting its sides from fSta. 220 (0.4 mile northwest of the D. & H. R. R. crossing at Waterford) to Sta. 305 on the Mohawk river (about 1.6 miles below Crescent), including the construction of locks Eos. 4, 5 and 6 and appertaining structures, a highway, masonry for a guard-gate, bridge abutments and other incidental details.

Operations on this contract were suspended for the winter on December 5, 1911, and work was resumed on April 1, 1912.

The conditions of the work on other sections of the Erie canal rendered it imperative that navigation be turned through the Waterford flight of locks in the spring of 1913. The work on this contract has, therefore, been directed and prosecuted with a view to completing, at all events, the construction necessary to accomplish that end.

During the year about 23,000 cu. yds. have been excavated, of which 14,000 cu. yds. were in the rock cut above lock Eo. 6, 2.400 cu. yds. in the prism between locks Eos. 5 and 6 and the balance in bv-passes and various other places over the whole contract. The material from this excavation has been placed in second-class embankments at the south core wall of lock Eo. 4, the north core wall of lock Eo. 6 and in spoil at the Mohawk river.

About 3,400 sq. ft. of rock channeling have been done, completing the same.

About 16,500 cu. yds. of first-class and 26,000 cu. yds. of second-class embankments have been placed, mostly at the various locks and core w⁷alls.

About 8,080 cu. yds. of concrete have been placed, completing the following structures: South core wall of lock Eh. 4; docking south side between locks Eos. 4 and 5; north core w⁷all of lock Eo. 5; docking and walls between locks Ehs. 5 and 6; south wall above lock Eh. 6; north and south walls at the Mohawk river.

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There is little doubt that the work on this contract will be in such shape as to permit navigation next spring and will probably be completed before summer at about 91 per cent of the cost as computed from the preliminary estimate. On the same basis it is now about 89.4 per cent completed.

E. J. Becker, Assistant Engineer, had charge of this work up to April 1, and since that time it has been under the direction of

H. C. Kline, Assistant Engineer.

The following is a detailed statement of the totals and percentages of work done to date and during the fiscal year, on each of the several items of this contract:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,

as modified Work done by alterations during year. Nos. 1, 2. 4,

5, 6, 7 and 8.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Clearing...................

Grubbing...................

All excavation..............

Sheeting and bracing.........

Rock channeling.............

Embankment, first-class......

Embankment, second-class

Lining......................

Spruce lumber...............

White oak lumber............

Foundation piles, 15 ft. long. . Foundation piles, 20 ft. long. .

Concrete....................

Wash wall..................

12-in. vitrified pipe...........

Back filling..................

Cobblestone paving..........

Steel castings...............

Iron castings, plain..........

Iron castings, machined......

Structural steel..............

Metal reinforcement.........

Expansion bolts.............

!-in. log chains..............

Pipe railing.................

Cast iron quoin-plates........

Removing concrete...........

Dressing concrete............

Yellow pine, short leaf........

.. lump sum ... .cu. yds. ....cu. yds. .. ft. B. M.

cu. yds. cu. yds. yds.

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No.

No.

cu. yds. cu. yds.

lin. ft. cu. yds. sq. yds.

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670

300

89

261

600

23,180

4,096

3,432

16,432

25,902

8,094

682,012

252,062

68,799

97,119

236,066

2,245

9,600

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151,

90

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85.1

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Finished

83.5

85.8

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cu. yds

sq.

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20,000

370,330

90,100

113,340

431,740

614

20,000

46,000

216

100

124,500

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93.4

18,853

2,520

117,891

18,692

325,365

84,072

47,726

417,237

46,508

188

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Contract No. 91.

For building and equipping hydro-electric power plant on the Erie canal near the east end of the Crescent dam.

The excavation on this contract has been practically finished. About 830 cu. yds. of concrete have been placed, completing the masonry work in both the substructure and the superstructure, with the exception of the roof. The penstock and turbines have been placed in position. All the electrical equipment has been delivered, but its installation has not yet been started.

On account of the delay in ordering materials, etc., the work has progressed very slowly, but the quality of the completed work is very creditable.

The work on this contract shows only 44.0 per cent completed, as the electrical and governor equipments are not yet installed, and, judging from the present conditions, it is doubtful if the job will be finished before January, 1913.

This work has been under the direction of Assistant Engineers Becker and Kline, the same as contract Ko. 11.

The following is a detailed statement of the totals and percentages of work done during the year and to date, on the several items of this contract.

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as modified by [alteration No. 1.

Work done during year

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation..................

Concrete, first-class...........

Concrete, second-class........

Concrete, first-class, reinforced

Structural steel..............

Metal reinforcement.........

Iron castings, machined......

Turbins, machined, and valves Pumping, bailing and draining. Embankment, first-cl •Wrought iron pipe...

Roofing.........

Painting........

Electrical equipment

Governors.......................

Traveling crane..................

Doors, windows and wood work.... Polished brass railing and bronze...

Miscellaneous accessories..........

Lavatory equipment.............

Roof covering...................

Doors, windows and wood work. ..

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1,800

288

128

537

169

1,497

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537

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15

17

410

44,302

10,712

14,705

44,302

10,712

14,705

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Guard-gate, Taintor gate by-pass and bridge at bead of land line between Hudson and Mohawk rivers.

Contract No. 33.

This contract provided for constructing lock-gates, needle-beams, guard and sluice-gates, lock-valves, etc., on several sections of the Erie and Champlain canals.

The only work of importance on this residency remaining to he done at the beginning of the fiscal year was the riveting of the gates of lock No. 6 and the placihg and adjusting of lock-valves. This was completed and the plant removed before November 1, 1911.

The work was under the direction of E. J. Becker, Assistant Engineer.

Contract No. 16.

This contract provides for furnishing and erecting in place, steel highway bridge superstructures on several sections of the Erie and Champlain canals. The work on this residency consisted simply of a small bridge at Sta. 293 + 90, just west of the guard-gate on contract No. 11. Work was begun August 15, 1912, and finished September 20, 1912.

Quantities: Structural steel, 12,600 lbs.; sawed lumber (yellow pine or Douglas fir) 7,700 ft. B. M.

Contract No. 92.

For constructing power plants, electrical equipment and machinery for operating and lighting locks and guard-gate as follows: Erie canal locks Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and guard-gate at Sta. 293 + 70; Champlain canal locks Nos. 6 and 8.

Plans have been completed and placed before the Canal Board.

Erie Canal, Residency No. 2.

Resident Engineer S. W. Belding reports:

This residency extends from the west end of the aqueduct over the Mohawk river at Crescent to old lock No. 27, about 1.2 miles west of Cranesville, a distance of 32.8 miles.

The following contracts are located within the limits of this residency: Nos. 14-R, 8, 8-A, and portions of Nos. 14, 92 and 36.

The monumenting of the State’s right-of-way line on both sides of the Mohawk river has been completed from the Crescent dam to Rexford Flats.

An estimate for the removal of timber, brush and buildings from the flooded area of contract No. 14 has been completed. Reports, accompanied by sketches and other data have been made for a large number of cases to come before the Board of Claims.

Contract No. 14.

This contract is for dredging a channel in the Mohawk river from Crescent to Rexford Flats; constructing dam No. 2 at Orescent; dam No. 3 and lock No. 7 at Vischer’s Ferry; dam No. 9 and lock No. 13 at- Yosts; dam No. 10 and lock No. 14 at Canajoharie; dam No. 11 and lock No. 15 at Fort Plain; retaining dam at Mindenville; highway changes and other incidental work.

Contractor, Acme Engineering & Contracting Company.

Assistant Engineer, in charge, J. C. Bell.

Dam No. 2, Crescent. Previous to September 30, 1911, the Crescent dam had been completed except for the final closure of six 33t/3-ft. sections, left open to pass the flow of the river. No work was done at this point until about August 15, 1912. On this date the contractor began assembling and erecting plant and machinery, and storing materials for the final closure of this dam

Dam No. 3, Loch No. 7, Vischer’s Ferry. Excavation has been continued in the canal prism and at both upper and lower approaches to the lock, the work in the upper approach being completed and that in the lower approach nearly so, while the excavation in the prism to the east of the lock has been only partially finished, a considerable amount of rock remaining to be drilled and removed.

The old masonry dam of the Watervliet Hydraulic Company near Dunsbach Ferry has been blasted and removed to the required grade. All embankment has been practically completed, 'most of the material for this work being obtained from the prism excavation. The small dam across the island, including its intersections with the north and south channel dams, has been completed. The snubbing posts to the east of lock No. 7 are all in place and so also is the wash wall protection in this vicinity. In fact, the work at this point is practically finished with the exception of the final closure of nine 36-ft. openings left in the south channel dam to pass the flow of the river. Part of the necessary material to make this closure is already stored at the site of the work and the balance is about to be delivered.

Temporary Docking at Rexford Flats. Some plant and materials have been delivered for this work, but not much can be done before the closing of the old canal.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and the total to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate,    Work d

by" during year, tions.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done

to date.

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30,300

108,013

30,940

1,300

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10,018

5,998

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3,550

57,160

6,850

7,730

1,965

184

4,031

1,603

76

13

6,756

56,222

5,486

63,556

107

9,094

288

116

9,046

341,290

10,620

94,700

27,331

1,382

4,930

277,770

9,520

58,170

14,360

5,691

787

34

17

18,870

119,299

50

2,986

93

227

13

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46,907

327,044

62,799

56,852

219,218

10,842

5,765

111,233

28,798

1,208

1,162

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0    Finished

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0    Finished

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23    Finished

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Contract No. 14-R.

This contract is for the removal of bodies from cemeteries located within the limits of contract No. 14, flooded area, to new burial plots located outside the flow line.

'Contractor, Thomas F. Rilej.

Assistant Engineer, in charge, J. C. Bell.

This contract, which was for the removal of about 30 bodies from old cemeteries located near Crescent and Yischer’s Ferry to new plots acquired by the State, has been completed and the final estimate rendered.

Miscellaneous Work.

Contractor, Acme Engineering & Contracting Company.

Assistant Engineer, in charge, F. W. Harris.

Under an agreement with the Superintendent of Public Works the Acme Engineering & Contracting Company has begun work on a new highway about l¹/^ miles long on the north side of the Mohawk river between Dunsbach Ferry and Forts Ferry. The land appropriations have been made and some grading and a little concrete work has been done.

On the south side of the Mohawk river a portion of the Rosen-dale road lying between Niskayuna and Vi seller’s Ferry is also to be improved under a similar agreement between the Superintendent of Public Works and the Acme Engineering & 'Contracting Company. Appropriation surveys and maps have been completed, but no work has yet been done.

Contract No. 8.

(This contract was suspended by order of the Canal Board, November 28, 1911, and cancelled March 11, 1912.)

This contract is for the construction of the following structures on the Mohawk river: Dam No. 4, lock No. 8, at Scotia, Sta. 1408 + 86; dam No. 5, lock No. 9, at Rotterdam, Sta. 1662 + 45; dam No. 6, lock No. 10, at Cranesville, Sta. 1987 +’ 79 ; and incidental work appertaining thereto. Length of canal included within the limits of these locks and their approaches, 0.7 mile.

Contractor, Pittsburg Eastern 'Company.

Assistant Engineer, in charge, W. J. Weigmann.

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Dam No. 4, Loch No. 8, Scotia. No work at this point, under the above contract, was done during the year. Wash drill borings ordered by the Board of Consulting Engineers were made for the purpose of determining the elevation of rock on the center line of dam, and were completed late in December, 1911. The result of these borings was shown on a new map and the samples labeled and filed.

Dam No. 5, Loch No. 9, Rotterdam. The contractor continued the work of removing coffer-dams and placing paving. The grading of spoil banks, clearing up site of work and some paving still remain to be done. After the suspension of the contract, the Whitehead-Kales Iron Company (subcontractors for erecting bridges, dam-gates, etc.) continued their work under an agreement with the Superintendent of Public Works, and practically completed the steel work, with the exception of a small amount of painting.

Dam No. 6, Loch No. 10, Cranesville. The work of repairing defective concrete in lock walls and abutments was continued until the suspension of the contract, but a large amount of this work is still to be done.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and the total to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate., affected by all alterations.

a-

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work.

done to date.

lump sum

All excavation. ..............cu. yds.

Sheeting and bracing...........ft. B. M.

Forming embankment...........cu. yds.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir ft. B. M.

Sawed lumber, white oak.......ft. B. M.

Foundation piles, 16 ft. long.........No.

Foundation piles, 18 ft. long.

Foundation piles, 20 ft. long.

Foundation piles, 25 ft. long.

Foundation piles, 30 ft. long.

Wooden sheet-piling........

Steel sheet-piling...........

Second-class concrete........

Third-class concrete.........

Ballast...................

Second-class stone paving...

First-class riprap..........

Second-class rip

Third-class riprap...........

Fourth-class riprap..........

Iron castings...............

Oast iron idlers “A” and pins

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Contract No. 8-A.

This contract is for the construction of lock No. 8 and substructure of dam No. 4, Scotia; for the completing of paving and riprap at lock No. 9 and dam No. 5 at Rotterdam, and lock No. 10 and dam No. 6 at Cranesville, together with other incidental work.

Contractor, The Foundation Company.

Assistant Engineer, in charge, W. J. Weigmann.

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ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, affected by all

alterations.

as

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work.

done to date.

No

12

Cast iron idlers “ B ” and pins.......

Structural steel.....................lbs.    3,743,629

Metal reinforcement................lbs.    496,623

Uprights for dams Nos. 5 and 6... per pair

Gates “A”.........................No.

Gates “ B ”................

Gates “ C ”...............

Gates “ D ”...............

Shoes and anchorages.......

Upper lock-gates...........

Swing beams for needle-dams Needles...................

605,745

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Supports for valve-seats.............No.

Lock-valves........................No.

Wrought iron pipe railing..........lin. ft.

Wrought irpn chain........

Second-class gravel concrete..... .cu. yds. Second- class concrete, grout filling.cu. yds.

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44

100

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186

12

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17

17

15

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Removing concrete.......

Upper lock-gates........

Lower lock-gates........

Emergency piling.........

4,900

220,000

19,000

4,200

1.000

1,607

67,788

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No work has been done at other points.

Contract No. 36.

This contract is for providing operating winches for movable dams in the Mohawk river at Scotia, Rotterdam, Cranesville, Amsterdam, Tribes Hill, Yosts, Canajoharie and Fort Plain. Contractor, J. D. Miller.

Assistant Engineer, in charge, W. J. Weigmann.

Tlie winches for dams Eos. 5 and 0 have been delivered and erected, and those for dam Eo. 4 have been delivered and stored in a building provided by the State near the sit© of the dam. Final estimate for this work has been submitted.

Erie Canal, Moiiawk River Residency, Dredging Contracts Eos. 20-B, 20-C, 20-D and Contract Eo. 8(5.

Resident Engineer E. A. Lamb reports:

The so-called Mohawk River Residency includes contract Eo. 20-B, extending from Sta. 3872+35, the upper miter-sill of lock Eo. 1(5 at Mindenville, to Sta. 33(51+ 85, the upper miter-sill of lock Eo. If at Canajoharie; contract Eo. 20-C, extending from the upper miter-sill of lock Eo. 14 at Canajoharie to Sta. 2948 + 75, the upper miter-sill of lock Eo. 13 at Yosts; contract Eo. 20-D, extending from the upper miter-sill of lock Eo. 13 at Yosts to deep water below the aqueduct at Rexford Flats; also contract Eo. 86, for the reconstruction of a portion of the bridge between the villages of Canajoharie and Palatine Bridge. The total length of this residency, or the length of contracts Eos. 20-B, 20-C and 20-D, combined, is 54.2 miles.

Contract No. 20-B.

Working drawings traced from the mounted maps for this contract have been finished in the residency office. During the year surveys of the following parcels have been made, mapped and checked, and sent to the Division Engineer: Omega Commercial Co., 2 parcels; E. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co.; Irvin Miller; Charles D. Smith; reconveyance maps for Maria E. Failing Estate, and four reconveyance maps for reconveying portions of parcels Eos. 1679 and 3198 to Irvin Miller. Also reports on claims for appropriations, with small location map attached, have been sent to Albany for the following claimants: Hix Furniture Co., William H. Allen, II. P. Allen, E. Y. C. & II. R. R. R. Co. (2 parcels) and Irvin Miller. With the possible exception of one or two parcels, all these appropriations have been monumented.

Range stakes and gages have been set and maintained for the contractor in carrying on the prism excavation. Original crosssections ahead of the dredge have been taken, also cross-sections at the end of each month, and end of season cross-sections, where it was considered necessary.

During the year, no work has been done east of the Otsquaga creek at Fort Plain.

The two dipper dredges, the hydraulic disposal boat, with the pontoon line, and the orange-peel dredge, and for a portion of the time, the 10-ton crane, together with the tug boat, one large and four small rock scows, a coal scow and one small dump scow, have worked together at the prism excavation. During the year, the prism has been completed between Stas. 3856 and 3757 + 50, except about 1,000 cu. yds. of excavation near the St. Johnsville highway bridge and about 3,000 cu. yds. of ledge rock a few hundred feet below this bridge.

The excavated material from the prism lias been placed in spoil along the north and south sides of the river, usually levees being built and the finer material pumped into this area by the hydraulic disposal boat and the pipe line. The coarse material, larger than six inches was placed along the face of the river bank where the original bank has been disturbed by the excavation. Usually, this facing began at the prism grade.

The stream entrance work at Otsquaga creek was nearly finished, October 1, 1912. Concrete was used in place of nearly all the fourth-class riprap and also the first and second-class riprap and all the first-class stone paving.

The new plant, put in commission on this contract during the year, consisted of a Lobnitz rock breaker. The hull of this rock breaker is 100 ft. long, 28 ft. wide and 6 ft. deep. The machinery consists of one boiler of the locomotive type, 8 ft. 6 in. in diameter and 8 ft. 0 in. long, operating one main hoist engine of about 50 horse-power. This engine operates the 10-ton ram, which is .19 ft. long and has an average diameter of 22 inches with an average fall of 9 ft. A small feed pump is connected to the main engine, which in turn is connected to the feed water heater which heats the water before it goes to the boiler. The boiler is in the stern of the boat and the main engine near the forward end and midway between is located a maneuvering engine, operating six winches, which control cables holding the boat in position. The ram is held in position for work by an “A” frame, consisting of two box girders 37 ft. 10 in. long by 1 ft. 2 in. by 1 ft. 1 in., made of two 12 in. channels and two % in. cover plates, also a tie girder 34 ft. 8 in. by 18 ft. 2 in. by 1 ft. 1 in. The crew necessary to operate this breaker consists of four men, captain, engineer, deckhand and fireman. This rock breaker began work July 19, and to October 1, 1912, about 100 shifts of eight hours each have been spent in breaking about 2,500 eu. yds. of very hard rock.

The total work done to October 1, 1910, on this contract was $9,260. At that time, approximately 1 per cent of the contract was completed. On October 1, 1911, $33,480 worth of work had been completed, or 17 per cent, and on October 1, 1912, $459,710, or 49 per cent, of the contract finished. In other words, practically 32 per cent of the contract in money value has been done during the year September 30, 1911, to September 30, 1912.

L. IT. M. Whitney, with office at St. Johnsville, has been Engineer in charge of this contract during the year.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and the total to date :

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, ale ted

as

by.

Work done during year.

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

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1,462,900 360

416,887

660,743

28

45

1,308

1.600

1,308

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600

15,600

20,000

396

142

134

154

13,512

32

45

1,308

1.134

’348

283

124

724

13,512

100

25

26

22

67

100

71

63

47

20

67

Contract No. 20-C.

Surveys of the following parcels have been made, mapped and checked, and forwarded to the Division Engineer: Simeon Sponenburg (2 parcels), Florence M. Keck (2 parcels), Jane Elizabeth Spraker, William Diefendorf and Jay Van Evra, Sylvanus Kellis (2 parcels), K. Y. C. & H, R. R. R. Co. (2 parcels), Lydia and Emma Van Evra Coddington, Montgomery Co.;

and thei following release maps: Town of Canajoharie and four release maps for X. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co. parcels.

Original cross-sections have been taken ahead of the dredge and the necessary range stakes, etc., for the entire contract have been set and maintained.

The prism excavation during the year has progressed so that nearly all the excavation suitable for the hydraulic dredge to handle was done by August 8, at which time the hydraulic dredge Mohawk moved through lock Xo. 13 on to contract No. 20-D.

On October 1, 1912, the prism was finished between the following stations:

Dam Xo. 10, lock No. 14 and S'ta. 3343.

Station 3341 and Station 3334.

Station 3306 and Station 3248.

Station 3216 and Station 3180.

Station 2994 and dam No. 9, lock Xo. 13.

Between the following stations there is yet to be excavated of the original material a total of about 50,000' cu. yds. and about 18,000 cu. yds. of material which has washed in since work began:

Between    Stations    3341    and    3343,    some material    left in.

Between    Stations    3334    and    3306,    some material    left in.

Between    Stations    3216    and    3248,    some material    left in.

Between Stations 3180 and 3143, prism partly complete; material left on one side.

Between 3143 and 2994, deep water, nearly complete; little excavation at the sides.

The spoil areas on this contract made during the year include the one east of Flat creek, one opposite Yatesville creek between the river and the X. Y. C. R. R., one east of Yatesville creek extending along the north side of the tow-path and one between the Erie canal and the upper guide wall of Barge canal lock Xo. 13.

The stream entrance work at Canajoharie creek, at the creeks at Stas. 3269 and 3309 and at Bread creek have been completed, also about two-thirds of the work at Flat creek. Stone has been quarried and hauled for the work at Lashers and Yatesville creeks.

The total excavation for the year on this contract has been 515,162 cu. yds.

The total work done to October 1, 1910, was $7,640', or approximately 1.3 per cent of the contract. On October 1, 1911, $324,260 worth of work had been completed, or 55 per cent of the contract. And on October 1, 1912, there was $512,385 worth of the original contract work done, or 87.4 per cent of the original contract completed. Extra work to the amount of $81,805 has also been done outside the original contract and included in the estimate in accordance with directions from the Division Engineer and Special Deputy State Engineer. This extra work of $81,805 is made up of the following quantities :

11,692 cu. yds. of material washed in the completed prism from above contract Ao. 20-'C.

34,025 cu. yds. was a mistake in the preliminary estimate between Sta. 2994 and 3014.

The 114,685 cu. yds. over-depth excavated between elevation 270 and 274 between Stas. 3287 and 3248 was very soft material and was done in order that coarse material (gravel and cobbles) might be placed in the prism as lining to protect the prism from scour. This work was done in 1911.

During the year ending September 30, 1912, there has been 32.4 per cent of money value of the original contract completed, plus the extra work noted above.

A. G-. Austin, Assistant Engineer, with office at Oanajoharie, has been in charge of this contract during the year.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and the total to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

! Work done by d ,duringye!lr'

alterations.

as

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Clearing.........

Excavation.......

Lining...........

First-class paving.

First-class riprap. .

Second-class riprap Third-class riprap.

Fourth-class riprap

Extra Work Order dated January 24, 1912. F ourth-class riprap..................

lump sum ........

cu. yds. 1,260,402 cu. yds. sq. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds.

480

2,500

700

700

400

cu. yds

2,600

1,276.24

10%

90%

10

515,162

1,144,448

90

41

122

122

91

728

233

179

11

939

1,276.24

1,072

329

85

1,194

1,276.24

29

36

100

25

48

47

21

46

100

Contract No. 20-D.

The appropriation surveys for the following parcels have been made, computed, mapped and sent to the Division Engineer: Alfred DeGraff, X. Y. C. & TI. R. R. R. Co. (4 parcels), H. Y. State Realty & Terminal Co. (2 parcels), Alfred DeGraff, Frederick Davey, Isaac Conover, Fletcher Van Wie, Jacob Larra-bce, E. T. Leavenworth Estate, Mrs. Isaac Swart, Frank Starin, Henry Johnson, Francis Van Epps, Evert Van Epps, Elizabeth Starin, Joseph Moore, Frank Starin, Chas. Christman and Victor Snyder. All of the above parcels have been monumented, except the islands.

Original cross-sections of the river for prism excavation have been taken between Sta. 2147 and 2064, 2000 and 1957 and between Sta. 2840 and 2942.

At the aqueduct, iSta. 1051, the contractor resumed operations late this summer. They repaired the coffer-dam and began where they left the work the season before, to strip the ledge rock and drilling same. On October 1, 1912, there was left to be drilled and blown below the dam something like 500 cu. yds., so that there remains to be taken out below the dam between Sta. 1053 + 50 and 1,060 over 3,000 cu. yds., about 1,354 cu. yds. having been placed in spoil during the year.

Sometime in December, the Mohawk Valley Boat and Machine Co. began the construction of the hull for a hydraulic dredge. This hull was launched April 6, 1912, and completed July 20, beginning the prism excavation at 'Sta. 2128. This dredge was named Amsterdam. It is a 20-inch hydraulic dredge. The Morris Machine Co. furnished and equipped the dredge with the machinery. The dredge hull is wood,— 137 ft, 8 in. long, 40 ft. wide and 10 ft. 2 in. deep. The main dredging pump is made of Manganese steel, 20-in. suction and 20-in. discharge, with Manganese steel running, suction and discharge piping also of Manganese steel. The main engine is directly connected to the pump, which engine is 1,000-hp. and has cylinders 17 in., 27)/2, and 42 in. in diameter with a common stroke of 20 inches. The steam pressure is 200 pounds. The boiler equipment consists of four water tube boilers, built by the Heine Safety Boiler Co., each boiler being 225-hp. The boilers are arranged in two bat-terics facing together, forced draft being used. Two lOin. discharge, centrifugal, circulating pumps are arranged so that they can deliver through the condenser in opposite direction, only one circulating pump being in service at a time. The air pump is of the vertical twin beam type, 7^2 x I6C2 x 10 in. The cutter ladder is 50 ft. long, made throughout of steel, with a depth of ladder girder at upper end of 4-2 in. The cutter shaft is 8^2 in. in diameter. The cutter engine is a 12 x 12 in. double cylinder, driving the cutter shaft through cast steel gears. The winding or swinging engine is 8*4 x 12 in., double cylinder, live drum, compound geared. The ladder drum is 24 in. in diameter, the spud drums, 24 in. in diameter and the swinging drums, 20 in. in diameter. The auxiliary machinery equipment includes a 15-kw., directly connected, generator set. Two large dump scows have also been built during the year. These scows are 105 ft. long, 26 ft. beam and 7 ft. 6 in. deep, with a capacity of from 200 to 250 eu. yds. A tugboat has also been built during the year. It was named Dorothy,— length 60 ft., beam 16 ft. and draft 5 ft. 6 inches. The engine is 13 x 14 in. boiler return tubular for 150 pounds pressure. A gasoline motor boat has been put in commission,— 31 ft. long and 6 ft. beam, with a 30-hp. 3-cylinder Barlow engine.

The dipper dredge and the hydraulic dredge Amsterdam on this contract did the prism excavation between lock No. 11 and the highway bridge, spoiling the material along the north side of the river on the Gardinier islands, and on the south side of the river west of South Chuctannunda creek. The work between these places is completed, except a small amount of material left in the prism, the Chuctannunda creek excavation and the excavation in the back channel below dam No. 7. No work of any nature has been done between lock No. 11 and lock No. 12.

The rock excavation in the prism above lock No. 12 at Tribes Hill, Sta. 2440 + 44 to Sta. 2450, was resumed early in the summer. This work, together with the stream entrance work on contracts Nos. 20-C and 20-D, has been done by representatives of the Banker’s Surety Company, Maryland, who were bondsmen for a company, which it is said, sublet this work from the American Pipe and Construction Co.

But very little progress has been made — partly on account of high water, which seemed to catch them just as they were beginning to make some progress.

The rock was removed to spoil with cars drawn by small locomotives and with wheelbarrows, about 3,823 cu. yds. of prism excavation being done between Stas. 2440 + 44 and 2450. Also about 27 cu. yds. of second-class concrete were placed in the concrete dike.

About three-quarters of the stone work at Danoscara creek was done, also about 1,400 cu. yds. of excavation. About 177 cu. yds. of excavation was done at Auriesville creek.

On August 8 the hydraulic dredge Mohawk moved through lock No. 13 at Yosts and began the prism excavation on contract No. 20-4), so that on October 1 of the prism excavation from. Sta. 2948 to 2937 + 00 and from 'Sta. 2910 to 2910, only the softer or hydraulic dredge material lias been excavated. From Sta. 2910 to 2840 + 05, the prism excavation has been completed. The total excavation done from lock No. 13 to Sta. 2840 + 05 amounted to 154,673 cu. yds. This material was all spoiled between the south bank of the river arid the present Erie canal tow-path.

The first estimate, contract No. 20-1), was given May, 1911. On October 1, 1911, $62,740 worth of work in money value was completed on this contract. On October 1, 1912, in money value, there was $270,880 worth of work done, or about 10 per cent of the contract was completed.

The engineering work on this contract has been in charge of

M. E. James, Assistant Engineer, with office in Amsterdam, and T. S. Bailey, Assistant Engineer, practically in charge of Section No. 2, with field office at 'Cranesville.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and the total to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

as

by

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done

to date.

Clearing............

Excavation..........

Lining..............

Second-class concrete First-class paving

First-class riprap.....

Second-class riprap.. Fourth-class riprap..

lump sum ..........

..cu. yds. 5,152,700 . .cu. yds.

. .cu. yds.

. .sq. yds.

.. cu. yds.

. .cu. yds.

.. cu. yds.

ion

3,600

2,000

2,150

3,000

416,496

18

111

67

123

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Contract No. 86.

On this contract, during the year, the north pier was built and the brick and concrete of the two old spans to be removed was taken out. A temporary bridge was completed, built on piles with timber bents, across the river from the south to the north approach and opened for traffic.

The ends of the two spans resting on the old pier to be rebuilt were raised and supported by timber bents and the excavation of the old pier was begun. About 11.3 per cent of this contract has been done to date.

C. R. DeGraff, Assistant Engineer, has been in charge of this contract during the year, with office in Canajoharie.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and the total to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

Bits.

as

by

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation.........................cu. yds.

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M. 12,039,000

cu. yds.

5,000

Second-class con Structural steel.

Metal reinforcement

Iron castings.......

Test piles..............................No.

Coffer-dam, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum..............................

Crete

1,150 lbs. 414,000 lbs. 10,600 lbs. 2,300

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15

100

15

100

40

40

II

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11

38

50

38

50

25

25

Erie Canal, Residency Iso. 3.

Resident Engineer Ernest I). Hendricks reports:

The limits of this residency are the old lock No. 27, near Cranesville, on the east, and the old lock No. 3d, near Minden-ville, on the west. The work on this residency, however, consists of that connected with contract No. 17, the portions of contracts Nos. 14 and 3G that lie within the above limits, and the operation and care of movable dams Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.

Surveys.

Sections have been taken and plotted below dams Nos. 5, G, 9, and 10, to show the scour caused by the operation of the dams. The setting of concrete monuments on the boundaries of 'State lands has been continued.

Office Work.

Tlie work on the final estimates has progressed as follows: The estimate for contract No. 17 has been completed and turned in. The final estimate for section 3, contract No. 14, is 75 per cent completed.

Contract No. 17.

The work on this contract includes the construction of dam No. 7, lock No. 11, at Amsterdam and dam No. 8, lock No. 12, at Tribes IT ill. The contract work has been performed by Alexander Murdoch. The work on this contract has been completed and the final estimate turned in.

Dam No. 7, Lock No. 11. During the past year the wooden contact strips for the dam gates have been placed and the dam has been lowered and tested.

Dam No. 8, Lock No. 12. During the year the dam sill was cleaned of sand and gravel and the dam has been lowered and tested.

The engineering work on this contract has been in charge of M. E. James, Assistant Engineer.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and the total to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by

alterations.

Work done during year

by

Alexander

Murdoch.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work

done to date.

Finished I Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

20%

..... lump sum

........cu.    yds.

.........lin. ft.

.......ft. B. M.

........cu.    yds.

Clearing.........

All excavation....

Drilling bolt holes in rock Sheeting and braci Forming embankment

Puddle...................................

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir ft. B. M. ft. B. M.

ng......

$250

185,336

8,052

100%

153,958

150

100,000

33,000

225

4,117

935

100

98,152

22,983

15 '

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WOOm co

25

72,000

3,000

68,079

2,362

white oak

lumber.

Foundation piles, 15 ft. long Foundation piles, 16 ft. long Foundation piles, 20 ft. long Wooden sheet-piling Steel sheet-piling. . .

Sawed

No.

547

1 '5

No.

No.

1.100

'500

931

342

Second-class concrete.......

Third-class concrete........

Wash wall................

Ballast...................

Second-class stone paving...

Hand-laid riprap...........

First-class riprap...........

Second-class riprap.........

Fourth-class riprap ........

ron castings.....

......ft. B. M.

........sq. ft.

.......cu. yds.

.......cu. yds.

.......cu. yds.

cu.

ds.

vds

75,000

49,977

1,794

7,000

1.021

700

113

14

62

58,425

573

47,395

1,325

5,423

0.2

0.7

sq- y -cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. j cu. yds. I lbs.

'400

869

4,200

4,300

5.309

4.310 25,000

*3

346

*660

3,619

3,969

5,002

4,139

20,983

*0

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ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,

affected

by

alterations.

Work done during year

as

by

Alexander

Murdoch.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

lbs.

Structural steel........

Metal reinforcement. ..

Cast iron idlers “A”....

Cast iron idlers “ B ”. ..

Uprights for dam No. 7.

Uprights for dam No. 8.

Gates “A,” “Ax,” “Ay ” for dam No. 7. . .No.

Gates “ B ” for dam No. 7...............No.

Gates “ C ” for dam No. 7 Gates “ D ” for dam No. 7 Gates “ F,” “ Fx,” “ Fy ” for dam No. 8. .No. Gates “ G ” for dam No. 8 Gates “ H ” for dam Shoes for uprights, dam No. 7 Shoes for uprights, dam No. 8

Wrought iron chains........

Upper lock-gates, complete. .

Lower lock-gates, complete. .

Needle-dams, complete with ancforages.. No.

Supports for valve-seats.................No

Lock-valves with seats, tracks and guides. .No. Wrought iron pipe railing..............lin. ft

No. 8

lbs.

No.

No.

pairs

pairs

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

lbs

No.

No.

2,617,000

182,247

34,133

527

2,582,810

188,934

1.3

0.2

70

70

19

16

19

17

16

14

38

32

141,000

3,000

19

10

19

17

16

14

38

*520

32

139,591

0.3

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

3,053

Finished

Finished

? A decrease, due to final estimate computations.

Contract No. 14, Section No. 3.

The work on this contract includes the construction of dam ISTo. 9 and lock tST o. 13 at Yosts, dam ~No. 10 and lock Yo. 14 at Cana jo liarie, dam iSTo. 11 and lock Yo. 15 at Fort Plain, and the retaining dam at Mindenville. The Acme Engineering and Contracting Company have advanced the work as follows during the year:

Dam No. 9 and Lodi No. 13 at Yosts. The work connected with the lower guide wall of the lock has been completed, including the removal of coffer-dams. This completes the work connected with the lock, except some minor repairs and the removal of a small amount of coffer-dam. The bridge and dam have been erected, painted and tested. The coffer-dam below the north span of the dam has been removed.

There remains to be done, the removal of the coffer-dam above the north span of the dam.

The engineering work on this contract has been in charge of J. T). Williams.

Dam No. 10 and Loci' No. 14 at Canajoharie. During the past year the following work has been done:

The embankment back of the river wall of the lock lias been placed and the paving and riprap placed. The lock gates have been completed. The bridge and dam have been completed, painted and the flooring laid. The paving around the abutments of the bridge has been laid.

There remains to be done, the removal of coffer-dams and some minor repairs to the lock and the testing of the dam.

The engineering work has been in charge of Lewis Bartlett.

Dam No. 11 and Loch• No. 15 at Fort I ham. During the year the following work has been completed: Embankment and grading behind the lower guide wall and lock; flooring on lock gates and needle-dams; setting lock valves; paving back of north abutment; riprap above and below the lock; the fitting and repair of lock gates.

There remains to be done, the removal of the coffer-dams.

The engineering work has been in charge of Lewis Bartlett.

Mindenville Retaining Dam. Idle work on this dam was completed in 1909 and the final estimate has been turned in.

ddie following table shows the amount of work done during the year and the total to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Prel minary estimate, affected by

alterations.

as

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

i Hi?

Pisgj

Per cent of work done to date.

lump sum .cu. yds. ft. B. M. .cu. yds.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine..........ft. B. M.

Sawed lumber, hemlock.............ft. B. M.

White oak in miter-sills and gates... ft. B. M.

Sawed lumber, white oak...........ft. B. M.

Creosoted yellow pine or Douglas fir. ft. B. M.

Stone filling in cribs.................cu. yds.

Foundation piles, 10 ft. long.

Foundation piles, 12 ft. long.

Foundation piles, 14 ft. long.

Foundation piles, 16 ft. long.

Structural steel

Clearing............

All excavation.......

Sheeting and bracing. Forming embankment

No.

No.

No.

No.

ds.

ds.

lbs.

UIM    H- -4    ^ cJi §» cS GO

SisaiiiiSIS'sSS

115,270

75,199

1,280

2,526,966

4,811

f

8,906

46,859

9,042

7,514

296

41

89

932

565,515

$40

292,043

82,241

48,490

101,283

49,094

25,693

6,155

15,006

1,181

79

85

38

1,665

’338

85,824

64,732

3.371

’371

1,695

2,564

5,900

928

7,552

2,573,813

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ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,

affected

by

alterations.

as

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

P r cent of work d ne du ing year.

Per cent of work done to_date.

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580,000

830,000

566,400

246,000

69,600

198,769

34,900

22,200

86,000

148,000

3,500

258,156

429,842

27,735

27,041

22,277

59,826

2,237

537,515

777,741

496,868

167,336

66,847

171,478

31,421

19,425

82,006

139,905

3,443

43

92

51

10

32

63

93

87

68

86

90

95

94

98

* Substituted for piles 16 ft. long.

Contract No. 36.

The contract consists of furnishing sixteen winches for the eight movable dams. The winches have all been placed on the dams, except dam Ao. 4, which is not vet completed. All these winches except the latter two have been used.

Operation of Movable Dams.

The specifications for the dredging contracts call for the lowering of the dams in the Mohawk river to facilitate dredging operations. Dams A os. 5, 6, 9, and 11 have been operated during the year and dams Aos. 8 and 10 have been prepared for operation. A dam-tender with an assistant is employed during the day on each of the dams that lias been lowered, while two watchmen are employed during the two remaining shifts, to maintain steam in at least one of the boilers of the winches and to protect the property of the State against theft or injury. Gage readings are taken at least twice a day above and below the dams, also after raising or lowering any gate of the dam, and at frequent intervals during high water. The object of this gage record is to protect the State in case of claims for damages due to the operation of the dams, to show the progress of floods down the river and to determine the leakage through the dams, the position of the gates of the dam being recorded at the time of the readings.

It is necessary to employ a larger force while raising or lowering the dams and after a period of high water, to remove debris and drift that is entangled in the chains of the gates and uprights.

Von. 1—1

In connection with the operation of the dams, lock Ho. 10 at Cranesville and lock No. 13 at Yosts have been utilized to lock through the dredges and other boats of the contractors.

A. O. Hollenbeck has superintended the operation of dams Nos. 5 and 6; J. I). Williams, the operation of dam No. 9 and Lewis Bartlett, that of dam No. 11.

Erie Canal, Residency No. 4.

Resident Engineer Philip II. Dater reports:

Residency No. 4 of the Erie canal extends from a point 2,400 feet east of lock No. 34 of the present canal at A1 indenville, Montgomery county, to the division line between contracts Nos. 30 and 29, near Sterling creek, and four miles east of the easterly boundary line of the city of Ltiea. The length of the Barge canal within the limits of Residency No. 4 is 23.8 miles.

Hie construction work on this residency is divided into the following main contracts:

Contract No. 18. Land line from one-half mile east of Min-denville to Indian Castle. Length, 3.63 miles. Kelley Bros. Contracting Co., Syracuse, N. Y., contractors. Final estimate of contract as revised, $476,978.85.

Contract No. 20-A. Land line and dredging from Indian Castle to Little Falls. Length, 4.5 miles. Houston Barnard, Rochester, N. Y., contractor. Contract price, $490,592.50.

Contract No. 31. Land line through Little Falls. Length,

1.01 miles. Casey & Murray, Rochester, N. Y., contractors. Contract price, $829,770.43.

Contract No. 30. Land line and dredging river from Little Falls to Sterling creek. Length, 14.62 miles. Acme Engineering find Contracting Company, Herkimer, N. Y., contractors. Contract price, $2,591,666.50.

Contract No. 13. .Superstructures for two bridges on contract No. 18 are included in this contract. Penn Bridge Co., Beaver Falls, Pa., contractors. Final estimate, Residency No. 4 portion, $9,932.18.

The following contracts have not been awarded:

Contract No. 18-A. For the completion of the unfinished portion of contract No. 18. Plans nearly completed.

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Site of Barge canal lock No. 17, at Little Falls, before beginning of construction.

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Contract Eo. 87. Bridge across the canal in the vicinity of Rocky Rift dam.

Contract Eo. 92. A part of this contract covers the construction of the hydro-electric power plants and equipment for operating and lighting locks Eos. 16, 17 and 18. Plans nearly completed.

Contract Eo. 107. For the construction of a lift bridge at German street, Little Falls, a fixed emergency bridge near by, and adjacent prism work. It is expected that this contract will be under construction during the coming winter.

In order to complete the Barge canal, the following additional work will be required:

On Contract Eo. 31.

A cut-off dam at lock Eo. 17; puddling and protecting bottom and north bank of canal between Moss island and Seeley island; the removal of the old locks and some prism excavation, which at the present: time can not be done on account of the old canal.

On 'Contract Eo. 30. Constructing necessary connections between the existing canal and the Barge canal at various points between Jacksonburg and Mohawk.

In order that there may be no delay in the completion of contracts already in force, I would recommend that work on this residency not now under contract be planned so that the new channel of the Barge canal between Mindenville and Little Falls, or Fort Herkimer, can be used for boats of the present Erie canal type at the opening of navigation in the spring of 1914. Otherwise the work to be done in changing from the present canal to the Barge canal will be greater than can be accomplished readily during one winter.

The following statements show the progress made on construction work during the past year for the contracts actively in force on the residency.

Contract No. 20-A.

This contract begins at the western end of contract Eo. 18, at Indian Castle, and extends to the eastern end of contract Eo. 31, at Little Falls. The work includes 0.7 mile of land line at the eastern end and 3.8 miles of dredging in the Mohawk river between Rocky Rift dam and Little Falls. The contract was let on August 20, 1909, to Houston Barnard, of Rochester, N. Y. During the first year of this contract 8.5 per cent was done, during the second year 15.9 per cent and during the past year 36.0 per cent. During the present year rock excavation in the land line has been completed. There remains to be done on the land line a small amount of earth excavation near Castle creek and the cutting through of the ridge between the land line and the river. The north embankment across Castle creek has been placed and the stream now. empties into the new canal. More than two-thirds of the wash wall has been completed. The 12-inch hydraulic dredge Indian Castle has nearly completed the earth excavation in the river. Work completed to September 30, 1912, is 61 per cent.

The engineering work on this contract is in charge of E. E.

Kendall, Assistant Engineer.

The following summary shows the amount of work put under contract and the amount done to September 30, 1912, including alterations in force and extra work orders:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,

affected

as

by.

Work done during year.

alterations.

Per cent Total    j of work

work done done to date.    | during

year.

Per cent of work done to date.

$120

46

5S8.000

4,000

213,390

305

362,100

36 3

250

8,860

100

6,000

2,644

3,660

4,567

3,660

29 8

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61

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$200

Moving bridge over R. R. feeder, Sta. 4079 lump sum

Contract No. 31.

This contract provides for the construction of lock No. 17, guard-gates, bridge, retaining walls and one mile of land line through the city of Little Falls and for the construction of a movable crest on the Rockv Rift dam and the superstructure of

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the Indian Castle guard-gates. The contract was let on September 2, 1008, to Casey & Murray, of Rochester, 1ST. Y.

The work during the past year has included the completion of the Rocky Rift dam, building stairways and doing miscellaneous work at lock Ro. 17, shaping banks and building dry walls and roadway between lock Yo. 17 and Seeley island, trimming up prism cuts at Stas. 4300 and 4312, and the completion of prism excavation and retaining walls between old lock Yo. 38 and the western end of the contract. The coffer-dam in the river within the limits of contract Yo. 30 was removed in February by the Acme Engineering and Contracting Co. under authority of an extra work order.

Work on this contract is practically completed. There remains to be done only a small amount of cleaning up and the removal of the remaining plant. The contractors deserve especial commendation for having completed within their contract time a difficult piece of construction.

The annual progress on this contract has been as follows: First year, 34.3 per cent; second year, 22.9 per cent; third year, 22.2 per cent; and fourth year, 10.1 per cent; making a total of 89.5 per cent at the time the work was completed.

The engineering work on this contract has been in charge of E. E. Kendall, Assistant Engineer.

The following summary shows the amount of work put under contract and the amount done to September 30, 1912, including alterations and extra work orders:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations to date.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done

to date.

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.......cu. yds.

........lin. ft.

......ft. B. M.

........sq. ft.

.......cu. yds.

.......cu. yds.

.......cu.    vds.

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Clearing...............

Excavation.............

Removal of dam masonry

Round bracing..........

Sheeting and bracing....

Channeling.............

Embankment...........

Lining.................

Puddle................

Sawed lumber..........

White oak timber in miter-sills and gates.

$100

$100

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30,000

43,000

15,800

3,320

740

32,040

2.176

1,580

219,516

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Round timber.......................lin. ft.

Second-class concrete Reinforced concrete.

cu. yds. cu. yds.

76,000

4,500

7,000

5,300

58,830

11,400

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6,735

2,994

9,061

3,818

513

66,500

3,377

6,735

2,753

53,570

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Contract No. 30.

This contract extends westward from contract No. 31 and includes 3.1 miles of river line to Jacksonburg, 4.2 miles of land line to Herkimer, 4.4 miles of river line to Frankfort and 3 miles of land line to a point one-half mile east of Sterling creek. The contract includes lock No. 18 at Jacksonburg, guard-gates and a movable dam at Herkimer, a retaining dam at Frankfort, five bridges, retaining walls and incidental work. The contract was let, on July 1G, 1909, to the Acme Engineering and Contracting Company, now of Herkimer, 1ST. Y. Work was begun in October,

1909.

Rock excavation

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

e3tXY;il Work done during year.

as

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Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

cu. yds.

Structural steel..............

Metal reinforcement.........

Iron castings, plain..........

Iron castings, machined......

Metal in upper lock-gates.....

Metal in lower lock-gates.....

Metal in buffer-beams........

Metal in lock-valves.........

Metal in guard-gates.........

Wooden fence................

Wrought iron pipe railing.....

Lattice railing...............

Filling seams................

Repointing old masonry.......

Storehouses..................

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing, etc. . lump sum

Drilling bolt holes in rock.............lin. ft.

Raising bridge superstructure.......lump sum

Maintaining highway traffic........lump    sum

Maintaining navigation............lump    sum

Deduct for buildings removed......lump sum

Deduct for bridge superstructures removed,

lump sum

5,910

1,213

5,470

2.31

20.5

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lbs.

lbs

lbs.

lbs.

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26,800

13,000

138,000

430,000

80,000

60,000

680,000

1,590

1,030

184

2,500

3,000

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$12,000

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$1,800

$1,000

$1,000

$3,500

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109

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83

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15,248

4,159

309

9,119

44,566

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$4,560

$500

$500

117

23.9

60

8,003

158,066

106,780

23,172

12,648

137,442

423,111

80,012

58,163

661,361

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Bracing timber tow-path...........

Drilling and furnishing material for electric

wire ducts......................lump sum

Removal of Reddy building Concrete foundation for dry wall... .lump sum

lump sum

lump sum

$450

$346

$175

$34.10

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100

100

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temporary channel at a point about one-half mile west of Little Falls. Trouble has been experienced through the flooding of the coffer-dam and only 11,500 cu. yds. have been removed of the total of 60,000 at this point. During the winter the dredge General Herkimer was changed from a combination dipper and suction dredge to a standard 16-in. hydraulic dredge. Good progress has been made by this dredge on the work between Little Falls and Jacksonburg.

Lock No. 18, Jacksonburg. Concrete has been completed and steel work erected. The lock is completed except for about one-half of the backfill.

Land line, Jacksonburg to Herkimer. Some excavation has been made and a considerable amount of wash wall laid. The change in plans, from a retaining wall with standard slopes behind and above it to flatter slopes without a retaining wall, has delayed work at the heavy cut near Washington street.

Dam No. 1-1 and guard-gate, Herkimer. One-half of the dam has been completed. The guard-gate is about two-thirds built. Work is in progress on the crossing of the Utica and Mohawk Valley Railway Co. Both the highway and the trolley bridge should be in use before January 1.

River prism, Herkimer to Frankfort. The 20-in. hydraulic dredge DeWitt Clinton has excavated from Frankfort to a point one-half mile west of Herkimer. Some work has been done at the bridges at 11 ion and Frankfort.

Land line, Frankfort to Sterling creek. A small amount of dredging has been done and most of the canal slopes trimmed. The connection between the river and the canal near Sta. 5090 has 'been closed. The south abutment of the East Schuyler bridge is nearly completed.

This contract will overrun the time limit. Fair

During the first year of this contract 8.2 per cent was done, during the second 28.4 per cent, and during the third 20.7 per cent, making a total of 57.3 per cent completed to September 30, 1912.

progress has been made, however, the monthly estimates averaging about $90,000 for the working months.

A considerable amount of field work has been done on appropriation surveys and running final location lines.

The engineering work on this contract has been in charge of George I. Oakley, Resident Engineer.

The following summary shows the amount of work put under contract and the amount done to September 30, 1912, including alterations in force and extra work orders:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affe 'tel by altera tions.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

.....lump sum    $1,000

.......cu. yds.    2.1,700

.......cu. yds.    5,443,131

......ft. B. M.j    106,0 10

........lin. ft. 1,0

.......cu.    yds.!    533,09 l

.......cu. yds.    5,721

.......cu. yds.    300    !

......ft. B. M.    104,300

19,000 9,000 41,762 706,000 8,600 110,000 37,927

Clearing.................

Grubbing.................

Excavation................

Sheeting and bracing.......

Round timber bracing......

Forming embankment......

Lining....................

Puddle...................

Sawed lumber.............

Sawed lumber in lock-needles White oak in miter-sills and gates...

Foundation piles.....

Wooden sheet-piling ..

First-quality steel piling...............sq. ft.

Second-quality steel piling.............sq. ft.

Wash wall..................

First-class stone paving.......

Second-class stone paving.....

Third-class stone paving......

Cobblestone paving..........

First-class riprap.............

Second-class riprap...........

Third-class riprap ...........

Fourth-class riprap.........

Structural steel..............

Metal reinforcement..........

Iron castings, plain...........

Iron castings, machined......

Metal in lock-gates..........

Metal in buffer-beams.........

Metal in lock-valves.........

Metal in guard-gates.........

Wooden block pavement......

Wooden pavement, 2f in. thick Wooden pavement, 3J in. thick

Wooden fence................

Lattice railing...............

Storehouses..................

Office buildings...............

Crab........................

Repointing old masonry.......

Maintaining highway traffic...

Maintaining navigation.......

Coffer-dams, pumping, etc. . . .

Raising bridge superstructure..

Deduct for bridge superstructures removed,

lump sum

Deduct for buildings removed......lump sum

cu. yds. sq. yds. sq. yds. sq. yds. sq. yds. cu. yds. ci. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds.

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Alteration No. 9.

Additional coffer-dams, etc......

Extra Work Orders.

Removing coffer-dam, contract No. 31, Hansen avenue..............................

lump sum

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11,244

1,431,033

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2,160

2,194

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1,034,050

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lock will be considerably higher than the old

new lock in place of four old locks, the water-surface just above the new canal level, as is seen in the view.

The total work done on Residency No. 4 is summarized by years and contracts in the following table:

construction work.

Value or Work Done.

YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30.

Contract No. 13.

Contract No. 18.

Contract No. 20-A.

Contract No. 31.

Contract No. 30.

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residency.

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1908.

1909

1910

1911

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762

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$76,430

212,490

92,490

74,610

20,959

$41,730

77,700

179,990

$284,050 191,390 187,520 81,080

$212,820 694,550 615,780

176,430

212.490 376,540 529,720

981.491 876,850

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$9,932

$476,979

$299,420

$744,040

$1,523,150

$3,053,521

Work under contract, 70 per cent done.

Total work on residency, about 59 per cent done.

In conclusion I wish to express the appreciation of the engineers on this residency for the fair and liberal treatment which has been accorded them.

Erie Canal, Residency No. 4-A.

Resident Engineer Earle Talbot reports:

This residency, with office at 211 Paul Building, Utica, has supervision over two Erie canal contracts, one of which is in the Eastern Division and the other in the Middle Division. The extent of the residency is from Sta. 5130, near Sterling creek, to Sta. 5775, which is just east of the Oriskany road, a distance of 12.96 miles.

Contract No. 29, Eastern Division, Maryland Dredging and Contracting Company, contractors, extends from near Sterling creek to the Oneida-Herkimer county line, a distance of four miles.

Contract No. 42, Middle Division, now cancelled and to be immediately relet, Slianley-Morrissey, Incorporated, former contractors, extends from the Herkimer-Oneida county line to Oriskany road, a distance of 8.96 miles.

Contract No. 29.

Maurice Williams is Assistant Engineer in charge of this contract, with office attached to the Residency in Utica. The Frankfort field office was destroyed by fire, with no serious loss of notes or records, on February 14, 1912.

Work was begun in June, 1909, by the Maryland Dredging and Contracting Company. The contract time for completion was December 31, 1911, but has been extended, owing to alterations in the original contract and delay in the Mew York Central raik road work east of lock Mo. 19.

Due to the fact that the construction cost of this contract will underrun the estimates about 10 per cent, the actual relative value of the work performed is 72.5 per cent, whereas the apparent relative value is 65.2 per cent. The contract price has been increased 2.38 per cent by alterations designed to increase the protection against seepage and erosion at lock Yo. 19, at Sterling creek retaining dam and at six stream entrances, and to provide steel truss approach spans to West Schuyler highway bridge.

The prism excavation east of lock Yo. 19 was made by thei Acme Engineering Company on a subcontract, as far west as the Yew York Central railroad temporary detour. The detour is still in use, because of the failure of the north abutment of the new railroad bridge at lock Yo. 19, which occurred during backfilling operations by the railroad contractor on Yovember 6, 1911. This circumstance has delayed all work connected with lock Yo. 19, for six months.

Concreting at lock Yo. 19 is nearly complete, including a wing wall into the north bank at the upper thrust wall. The lower gates and buffer-beam are in place, and all concrete and steel work at the lock will be completed this season.

Sterling creek retaining dam is three-fourths comjdete, and will be finished. Work at this point has been made difficult by flood conditions in the creek, which have washed a large amount of gravel into the prism cut west of lock Yo. 19.

The dive culvert at Sta. 5214 is complete and considerable embankment has been placed over it. Work has been undertaken at the dive culvert at Sta. 5289. The sheeting and bracing having been placed and excavation, driving foundation piles and concreting the invert are in progress. The length of foundation piles here has been increased to provide additional bearing power.

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A great deal of trimming of the hanks along this contract, involving considerable distribution of material, has been done during the. year. This work is being progressed at present by steam shovel and trains on the north side of Sterling swamp.

The six-track bridge for the E. Y. C. R. R. main line crossing east of lock Eo. 19 is in place, and traffic will he diverted over if this year.

The attached table shows the amounts of work done under contract items this year and the total progress of the work to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations Nos. 1 to 9.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Clearing........................

Grubbing.......................

Excavation......................

Sheeting and bracing.............

Round timber...................

Embankment....................

Lining..........................

Sawed lumber...................

White oak lumber...............

Foundation piles, 12 ft. to 30 ft. Ion

Wooden sheet-piling..............

Steel sheet-piling................

Second-class concrete.............

Second-class reinforced concrete

Masonry coping.................

Wash wall......................

First-class paving................

Third-class paving.

First-class riprap...

Second-class riprap.

Third-class riprap..

Fourth-class riprap 9-in. vitrified pipe..

30-in. vitrified pipe........

Structural steel............

Metal reinforcement.......

Iron castings, plain........

Iron castings, machined....

Metal in lock-gates........

Metal in buffer-beams......

Metal in lock-valves.......

Wooden pavement........

Wooden fence.............

Maintaining highway traffic

Storehouse................

Office building............

Coffer-dams, pumping, etc

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180,500

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2,503

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12,970

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633

6,307

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104,700

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Apparent percentage of work completed during the year = 65.2 per cent. Actual percentage of work completed during the year = 72.5 per cent.

Champlain Canal, Residency No. 1.

Resident Engineer F. P. Williams reports:

This residency extends from the connection with contract No. 1, north of the guard-lock at Northumberland, to the junction with the Erie canal at Waterford. Length, about 27 miles.

Appropriation surveys. Surveys have been made for 3 parcels of land to he appropriated on contract No. 73 and maps completed for the same. The necessary searches were made in the offices of the county clerks for the above mentioned maps. Also surveys and maps were made for 3 parcels on contract No. 68.

Gage readings. Daily readings of 8 gages between locks Nos. 1 and 2 and one gage above lock No. 2 were continued and plotted on profile; also 7 gages in the vicinity of Stillwater dam. The above readings are taken for the purpose of meeting questions arising from Barge canal construction.

The office work has consisted of work such as checking estimates, making miscellaneous computations, drawings, tracings, etc.

Below is given a concise description of the several contracts in this residency:

Contract No. 68 provides for constructing, in the Hudson river, lock No. 3 at ’Mechanicville, lock No. 4 at Stillwater and lock No. 5 at Northumberland, together with accompanying land lines. Length, about 1.4 miles. Contract price, with alterations, $1,024,281.85.

Contract No. 69 provides for constructing, in the Hudson river, lock No. 2 below Mechanicville. Length, 0.17 mile. Contract price, $240,206, as affected by alteration No. 1.

Contract No. 70 is for dredging a channel in the Hudson river and performing incidental work between Waterford and lock No. 1. Length, 3.32 miles. Contract price, $779,636.50.

Contract No. 71 provides for constructing, in the Hudson river, lock and dam No. 1 above Waterford, and dredging a prism between lock No. 1 and lock No. 2. Length, 3.96 miles. Contract price, $1,561,119.

Contract No. 72 is for dredging a channel in the Hudson river from lock No. 2 to lock No. 4. Length, 4.1 miles. Contract price, including alterations Nos. 1 and 2, $1,221,111.75.

Contract No. 73 provides for dredging a channel in the Hudson1 river and performing work incidental thereto from Stillwater to

Northumberland. Length, 15.0 miles. Contract price, $518,829, as affected by alterations Nos. 1 and 2.

Contract No. 88 provides for the reconstruction of a portion of the bridge crossing the Hudson river at Schuvlerville.

More detailed descriptions of the several contracts are as follows:

Contract No. 68.

The work under this contract w'as let to Shanley-Morrissey, Inc., November 23, 1908, and the work, which was begun at once, continued uninterruptedly to its completion and final estimates were approved by Canal Board on March 27, 1912. The amount of final estimates is $946,168, or about 95 per cent of the contract price, taking into consideration the incompleted guide wall at lock No. 3. From September 30, 1911, to the completion of the work in the winter of 1912, work was done on this contract at the following sites:

Lock No. 3. The concrete work in progress at the upper end of the lock at the close of last year’s report was continued and all the construction work under the contract, including the erection1 of gates and valves, was completed during the fall. One block of the upper guide wall was also completed. In November a portion of a coffer-dam for unwatering the balance of the upper guide wall failed, and on account of the lateness of the season the completion of the upper guide wall was abandoned.

During the early part of the winter the plant was removed from the coffer-dam and stored for the winter, work closing down in January, 1912. An alteration was passed by the Canal Board transferring the construction of the balance of the guide wall to contract No. 72, which is adjacent to contract No. 68 and held by same contractor.

A. C. Richards,'Assistant Engineer, wTas in charge of the work.

Lock No. 4. The work being done at this site at the close of last year’s report was continued through the fall and winter of 1911-12 and the lock and adjacent prism were completed during the early part of the summer.

The construction plant noted in last year’s report has been removed from the site and shipped to other contracts.

R. D. Hayes, Assistant Engineer, was in charge of the work.

Lock No. 5. The work of cleaning up the prism excavation and incidental work at the lock, which was in progress at the close of last year’s report, was continued and completed during the fall of 1911, the work being closed down in December, 1911, and plant removed from the site.

L. T. Howard, Assistant Engineer, was in charge of work.

The following table shows the amount of work done during year and to date, with percentages:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,

as affected Work done by alterations during year. Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Total work done to date.

Per cent    Per cent

of work    of work

done    done

during    to date,

year.

.. .. lump sum

.....cu. yds.

.....cu. yds.

... .ft. B. M.

.......lin. ft.

.......sq. ft.

......cu. yds.

......cu. yds

Clearing............

Grubbing...........

Excavation..........

Sheeting and bracing.

Round timber bracing.......

Channeling................

Embankment, wet..........

Embankment, dry..........

Lining.....................

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir.

■ 'I

yds.

4,800 569,369 a 60,000 5 4,000 170,000 30,000 42,474

346

8,067

1,292

4,119

100%

3,587

551,449

58,204

2,984

11,026

50,736

9.6

1.4

11.7

510

463

8.1

ft. B. M.

Sawed lumber in needles............ft. B. M.

White oak lumber in miter-sills and gates,

ft. B. M. . .lin. ft. .cu. yds. .cu. yds. .cu. yds. .cu. yds. .sq. yds. yds. .lbs.

Foundation piles.............

Second-class concrete.........

Reinforced concrete..........

First-class masonry coping. ...

Wash wall..................

Third-class stone paving......

Fourth-class riprap...........

Structural steel..............

Metal reinforcement.........

Iron castings, plain..........

Iron castings, machined......

Metal in lock-gates..........

Metal in buffer-beams........

Meta! in lock-valves.........

Wooden pavement...........

Wooden fence................

Drilling bolt holes in rock.....................

Raising bridge superstructures......lump sum

Maintaining highway traffic........lump sum

Storehouses...............

Office buildings............

Coffer-dams, pumping, etc.

Taking up and relaying wash wall

5,600

14,000

25,000

3,000

65,798

1,460

5,362

72

CU.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

sq. yds. lin. ft. lin. ft.

No.

No.

lump sum .. cu. yds.

1,004

3,071

970.8

2.48

6,144

13,049

22,758

60,494.8

1,309.5

5,358

4.48

52

16.3

13.4

1.

1.

180,000

53,738

23,000

26,000

770,000

240,000

100.000

’360

1,200

1,372

1,400

7,084

4,647

6,237

1,086

91,452

32,219

15,820

170,362

71,627

28,284

25,728

735,587

223,993

96,736

960

484

100%

CO GO tO ^

Contract completed.

72%

100%

13.72

973

100

* Not required.

a Increased by 10,000 ft. B. M. b Increased by 3,000 lin. ft.

Contract No. 69.

This contract was let to I. A. Hodge & Co., Inc., December 11, 1909. The work, which was commenced as soon as the contract was let, has continued steadily throughout the fiscal year, some work being done each month.

The construction of the lock, which was nearing completion at the close of last year’s report, has been completed during the present summer, with the exception of the power house. The construction of the power house was commenced at the close of this year’s report.

The construction of a bridge across the power tail race and lower end of lock, which was just commenced at the end of last year’s report, was completed during the fall and winter.

The construction of a portion of the upper guide wall, which was uncompleted at the end of last year’s report, has been commenced during the present summer, and six feet of the foundation placed under water.

Preparations are in progress at the present time to complete during the fall of 1912 the balance of the power house and the upper guide wall, and also the sundry small work incidental to completing the contract, the principal item of which is the storehouse.

During the year alteration Eo. 1, providing for changing the location of the power house twenty feet downstream, was issued. Also an extension to October 1, 1912, of time was granted contractors.

F. S. Crowell, Assistant Engineer, was in charge of the contract to April 15, when he was transferred to the Terminal work. Since that date the work has been in charge of B. T. Kenyon, Assistant Engineer.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and to date, with percentages:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

by

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir ft. B. M.

White oak lumber in miter-sills and lock-gata3 ft. B. M. cu. yds.

Clearing

77,200

5,000

4,917

100%

63,434

3,140

Second-class concrete

500

423

100

6,000

9,000

19,946

4,150

7,895

2,759

4,150

7,895

18,646

00^4    § OOOOiO

OO -4 to

Finished

82.2

62.8

84.6

69.2

Finished

93.4

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,

affected

by

alterations.

as

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to dite.

Second-class reinforced concrete

First-class masonry coping.....

Third-class stone paving.......

Third-class riprap.............

Fourth-class riprap............

Structural steel...............

Metal reinforcement..........

Iron castings, plain...........

Iron castings, machined.......

Metal in lock-gates...........

Metal in buffer-beams.........

Metal in lock-valves..........

Wooden pavement............

Wooden fence.................

Drilling bolt holes in rock......

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing

Office building................

.....cu. yds

cu.

yds.

615

18

CO

29.3

7' 1

sq. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds

lbs.

lbs.

iMMM

lbs.

......sq. yds.

.......lin. ft.

.......liu. ft.

and draining lump sum ... .lump sum

200

100

183,370

17,670

7.600

8.600 260,000

7Sw*.©o

ooooo

166,501

2,047

3,590

4,120

241,099

67,754

29,669

CO rf*    i“g 05

to co t—‘ oo co o oo

427

15%

rfk.’ ^oooobaoooM to • tOHCOOi^WUlOS 05 • S03HMOOOH

60%

100%

to 05 QO tO 05 OO

ggggggss

O OO CO “--I

86.9

15

60

Finished

t Increased by 180 hn. ft.

Contract No. 70.

This contract was let January 11, 1910, to Shanley-Morrissey, Inc., of Hew York. The work in progress at the close of last year’s report, namely, the excavation of about 500 feet of prism at the north end of the contract by steam shovel and cars, by a subcontractor, the Merion Construction Co., was commenced during the fall of 1911 and completed, the plant being withdrawn.

The other work in progress during the fiscal year consisted of a small amount of excavation by a tower scraper in the back channel at the north end of the contract. This work was closed down in December, 1911. Since that time there has been no work in progress.

R. D. Hayes, Assistant Engineer, was in charge of above work.

On May 8, 1912, the work on the contract was suspended by order of the Canal Board, the contractors entering into bankruptcy.

On July 18, 1912, the contract was cancelled.

On September 24, 1912, bids were opened, plans having been revised for a reletting of the work. One bid was received, and this was below the engineer’s estimate.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and to date, with percentages:

ITEMS OF WORK.

If

Hi

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

lump sum . .cu. yds.

Clearing. .

Excavation

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M.

Iron castings, plain. .

65%

65

o]

19,559

237,213

2.6

31.3

II'-.

co

Contract Ao. 71.

This contract was let to Shanley-Morrissey, Inc., January 11, 1910, and work, which was commenced soon after the letting of the contract, continued up to February of 1912, when all work was closed down, ho work has been done since.

On May 8, 19.12, work on this contract was suspended by order of the Canal Board, the contractors entering into bankruptcy.

On August 8, 1912, the contract was cancelled by order of the Canal Board.

Plans were made for reletting, which took place 'September 24, 1912. No bids were received.

A final estimate, etc., of the work of >Shanley-Morrissey, Inc., has been made. The following gives a short account of the main work in progress at the various points on this contract during the fiscal year:

At the excavation work below lock No. 2 from Sta. 1045 to Sta. 1050, just commenced hv subcontractor I. A. Hodge & Co., Inc., at the close of last year’s report, the gravel was stripped from the rock with steam-shovel plant inside of coffer-dam. Some of the rock was blasted and removed, but the flood of October 20 submerged the work, and nothing further was done in finishing this section of work. The coffer-dam was subsequently repaired and plant removed the first of December.

At the coffer-dam, Sta. 1082 to Sta. 1094, which was just nearing completion at the close of last year’s report, the prism was unwatered and the excavation of this section, amounting to about 62,000 yards, was practically completed the first part of February, 1912, with steam-shovel plant. A flood in October delayed work about one month.

At Sta. 1137 south, the work of drilling and blasting inside of coffer-dam, which was in progress on October 1, 1911, was submerged by high water on October 20, 1911, and not again resumed.

At lock No. 1, under subcontract to Merion Construction Co., the construction of the lock was continued during the fall of 1911 until December, when the work was submerged by flood and not resumed.

During the fall, the balance of the west wall, the upper cross wall and the upstream half of east wall were completed and upper needle dam swung.

R. D. Hayes, Assistant Engineer, w^as in charge of the contract.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and to date, with percentages:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir ft. B. M.

White oak lumber in miter-sills and lock-gates ft. B. M. cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. I sq. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds.

yds. cu. yds.

Second-class concrete..........

Second-class reinforced concrete

Wash wall...................

Third-class stone paving......

First-class riprap..............

Second-class riprap............

Third-class riprap.............

Fourth-class riprap............

Structural steel...............

Metal reinforcement..........

Iron castings, plain...........

Iron castings, machined.......

Metal in lock-gates...........

Metal in buffer-beams.........

Metal in lock-valves..........

Drilling bolt holes in rock.............lin. ft.

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum lump sum lump sum lump sum

lbs!

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

II-.

lbs.

lbs.

680,000

20,000

68,373

500

22,000

320

100

1,500

8,000

27,300

4,907

320

420

490

1,480

’300

18.500

41.500 13,700

8,600

236,000

78,000

33,000

1,100

2,928

845

1,620

3,759

439

32,781

50%

380,976

10,889

5,917

2,177

1,620

5,817

439

33,176

179

Ox Zjx 05 O

18

15.8

11.8

43.7

0.2

42

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CO

0.3

Ox Ox to 05 OO to

Office building......

Storehouse.....

Deduct for buildings

11.59%

36.94%

100%

80%

80%

1-H o o o

rH O OO

Cn

CO

36.94

100

so

Contract No. 72.

This contract was let to Shanley-Morrissey, Inc., December 14, 1909, and work, which was commenced at once, was continued to about the first of January, 1912. Since that time there has been no construction work in progress. A small force of men have been employed in caring for plant.

On May 8, 1912, the work was suspended by order of Canal Board, the contractors entering into bankruptcy.

On July 18, 1912, the contract was cancelled by order of Canal Board.

On September 24, 1912, bids were opened for reletting the work, plans having been made for that purpose. One bid was received from James Stewart, amounting to $1,539,312. The engineer’s estimate was $1,125,036.

A final estimate of the work of Shanley-Morrissey, Inc., has been made.

The following is a summary of the work in progress at the various points on the contract during the fiscal year:

The prism excavation inside of coffer-dam between Sta. 841 and 855, the work of unwatering same being in progress at the close of last year's report, was unwatered the early part of October,

1911,    but on account of weakness of one section of the coffer the work was submerged soon after excavation was commenced. On account of damage to the coffer by the flood of October 20, no attempt was made to resume work at this point. Later an unsuccessful attempt was made to remove the steam-shovel submerged in the coffer-dam.

The hydraulic dredge continued working in the fall of 1911, excavating for channel and filling coffer-dam until December, when it was laid up at lock ISTo. 3 in winter quarters. In March,

1912,    this dredge sank in the lock chamber and has remained submerged since.

At Hart’s coffer-dam, at lower Mechanicville, the excavation of prism with dipper-dredge and cars was continued during the fall of 1911 until December 23, wdien the coffer-dam broke and further excavation was abandoned. There was about a week’s delay on account of floods in October.

During the first part of the year the plant was removed from the river, the coffer-dam wras strengthened and w^ork closed down.

Since that time no work has been in progress. A small force has been employed in caring for the plant.

H. W. Hale, Assistant Engineer, has been in charge of this contract.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and to date, with percentages:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,    w„_, ,    „

as affected    ,Work done

by    during year.

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Structural steel......

Iron castings, plain. .

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir ft. B. M. lump sum

Upper guide wall, lock No. 3

lbs.

lbs.

955,000

180,000

81,349    492,061

90%

oo oooooocoo

05

90

51.5

Contract No. 73.

This contract was let to E. M. Graves, May 26, 1910, and the work of constructing dredges began within a short time and contract work, commenced in 1910, continued until December, 1911, when the dredges were laid up for the winter.

In December, 1911, an alteration was made, eliminating the uncompleted portions of the work. Final estimates 'were made of w’ork done to the close of the year 1911.

The following is a summary of the work in progress during the fiscal year:

The dipper and hydraulic dredges continued excavating the channel between the Schuylerville bridge and lock Xo. 5 until the work closed down for the winter in the early part of December, when the dredges were laid up in winter quarters below lock Xo. 5.

L. T. Howard, Assistant Engineer, was in charge of this contract.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and to date, with percentages:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected

by.

Work done during year.

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir ft. B. M.

Woodei sheet-piling................ft. B. M.

cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. sq. yds. eu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. yds.

a75%

960,889

8,618

a, 168

50%

186,777

957,471

8,618

75%

68

1,066

10,234

Second-class concrete..........

Second-class reinforced concrete

Wash wall...................

Second-class stone paving......

First-class riprap..............

Second-class r'

Third-class riprap...

Fourth-class riprap...........

Structural steel..............

Metal reinforcement.........

Iron castings, plain..........

Wooden pavement..........

Wooden fence...............

Drilljng bolt holes in rock.... Moving bridge at lock No. 5. . Moving bridge superstructures Maintaining highway traffic..

Maintaining navigation............

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and

Deduct buildings in place, etc......

iprap

cu.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

. .sq. yds. ,.. .lin. ft. .. .lin. ft. lump sum lump sum lump sum lump sum draining lump sum

oo V    o

05 05    to

oootowoooooooooo

oo o-ooog

►£- 05

05

to

oo

633%

c22%

30.6

33%

22%

2,021.6

1,463

862

248

ooooooooooooooooo

Oo o

ooooooo

oo o o

33%

22%

a Deduct for clearing not required, 25 per cent. b Deduct for coffer-dams, etc., not required, 67 per cent, c Add for buildings not required, 78 per cent.

Contract No. 88.

This contract, which requires the reconstruction of a portion of the bridge crossing the Hudson river at Schuylerville, was let to Lathrop, Shea & Hen wood Co., November 4, 1911.

Work was commenced in April, 1912, with the fabrication of steel and the unloading of plant at the site. As soon as the spring floods receded in June, piling was driven for caisson for west pier. This pier was completed in September. The steel for the bridge has been delivered at the site. At the close of the fiscal year preparations were in progress for building the east pier. During the summer, the highway traffic has been maintained by ferry, a short distance above the bridges.

An extension of time for completing the contract was granted, extending the time from June 1, 1912, to September 15. An additional extension of time will be necessary.

In excavating the foundation pits for piers soft sand and clay were encountered, on account of which an alteration was passed by the Canal Board, changing the original plans so as to include a pile foundation.

W. T. Hunt, Reveler, is in charge of this contract.

The following table shows the amount of work done during the year and to date, with percentages:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

ssa jess.

by

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum lump sum lump sum lump sum

2,600

10,000

1,000

18,800

Cr?

ll>s.

1¹ is.

lbs.

Maintaining highway traffic....

Rebuilding spans 2 and 6......

Raising spans 1, 7 and 8.......

Removing bridge superstructure. .. .lump sum

Foundation piles.....................lin. ft.

Wooden sheet-piling................ft. B. M.

7'i

161,700 600

2,600

to CO

-4 tO -4 O Cl O d

I CO O kO o

r- o i r-CO

0 0^*0000

19.6

41.7

352

50%

50%

to

CCCwi

4^.

45

23.4

3,120

28,800

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Champlain Canal, Residency No. 2.

Resident Engineer E. Y. R. Payne reports:

Residency No. 2, Champlain canal, extends from the Northumberland bridge across the Hudson river northerly to the highway bridge at Dunhams Basin, Washington county, and includes the Glens Falls feeder and dam.

The following contracts are located within the confines of this residency: Nos. 1, 3, 3-A, 24, 26, 27, 27-A, 54 and 56, and portions of Nos. 7, 46, 32 and 92.

Contracts Nos. 3, 3-A, 26, 27, 7 and 32 have been completed, and during the past year active work has been done on Nos. 24, 27-A, 54 and 16.

The work has consisted of general office work, revising appropriation maps on contract Eo. 1 for flooded farms along the Hudson compiling data for Board of Claims, preparation of final estimates on contracts Eos. 1, 27-A and 54, and construction operations on contracts Eos. 24, 27-A, 54 and 1G.

river

Contract No. 1.

This contract provides for excavating the river channel from Eorthumberland to Fort Miller and from Crocker’s Reef to Fort Edward; the construction of Crocker’s Reef dam; the approaches to the head and foot on the “ land line ” and other incidental work. Length, 7.075 miles. Edward W. Wendell, Assistant Engineer. Empire Engineering Corporation, contractor.

Eo work of any kind has been done on this contract during the

year.

Contract No. 1G (on Contract No. 27-A).

This contract provides for furnishing and erecting in place steel highway bridges. R. G. Gibson, Assistant Engineer. The United Construction Company, contractor.

With the exception of the Dunhams Basin bridge, which was finished in 1909, all bridges on this contract, incorporated under contract Eo. 27-A and located at East street, Argyle street and lower Broadway, were erected complete during the year.

An alteration providing 60-foot girder approach spans at both ends of East street bridge and at the east end of Argyle street bridge was necessitated on account of deepening the foundations to these abutments; to be done under contract Eo. 27-A.

The following is a summary of items on contract Eo. 1G (contract Eo. 27-A), as modified by alterations Eos. 2 and 4, to September 30, 1912:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by

alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

lb

Structural steel Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir ft. B. M. din. ft. cu. yds. cu. yds.

819,500

78,300

459,306

32,000

570,993

41,100

56

40.9

69.7

52.5

Sidewalk railing.... Setting stone coping Lining............

183

183

30.6

30.6

12.2

36.6

25

Contract No. 21.

This contract provides for constructing a guard-gate at Crocker’s Reef. Length, 0.19 mile. Edward AY. Wendell, Assistant Engineer. Kingsbury Construction Company, contractor.

This contract was awarded to James D. Sherrill, of Hudson Falls, H. Y., on November 1, 1911, for $41,368. Work wTas started immediately and continued until the following March (1912), during which time 3,561 cu. yds. of earth and rock were excavated, 431 cu. yds. of embankment made and 1,080 cu. yds. of wash wall laid.

Later, on June 3, 1912, the contract was assigned to the Kingsbury Construction Company, of Hudson Falls, H. Y. Work was resumed on June 15 and has progressed since that time. The west guide wall to the guard-gate and the abutment supporting the west tower have been practically completed, including excavation in the rock for the foundations.

The following is a summary of items on contract Ho. 21 to September 30, 1912:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary Work done estimate. during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation..........

Forming embankment White oak lumber Second-class concrete.

Wash wall..........

Metal reinforcement. . Metal in sluice-gates. . Metal in guard-gate.. Gate hoists..........

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7,080

7,089

641

641

1,379

1,679

1,379

1,679

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Contract No. 27-A.

This contract provides for completing the construction of the canal from the south end of Contract Ho. 25, at Dunhams Basin road, to the Hudson river, at Fort Edward. Length, 3.76 miles. R. G. Gibson, Assistant Engineer. Holler & Shepard, contractors. The principal features of this contract are lock Ho. 8, including

substructure for power house, the junction lock, four Barge canal bridge abutments, two plate girder bridges and abutments over Bond creek, cue siphon spillway, two dive culverts, embankment and wash wall for the entire length of contract and leveling of spoil banks.

Excavation has been made chiefly for the foundation to the southwest approach wall and prism in the lower pool at lock No. 8; also about two-thirds of the block of material south of Argyle street and smaller amounts in the bridge abutments and in prism at the south end of contract.

The excavation of spoil banks has been finished from the north end of the contract, on both sides, for 2,000 feet, and from the south end of lock No. 8 southerly to Argyle street. Part of this material has been used to form embankment on the west bank of the canal.

Drilling has been started in the rock ledge in the lower pool to lock No. 8, but no material has been excavated.

The rock spoil taken from lock No. 8 excavation was used to backfill the east wall and the west wall was backfilled with material taken from the upper pool, leaving the lower approach wall yet to be backfilled.

During the year, at lock No. 8, the southwest approach wall and needle beam section, power-house substructure and cut-off wall were completed, as was also the northwest approach wall to lock No. 7.

Abutments for Argyle street and lower Broadway bridges and for the bridge at Baldwin avenue over Bond creek have been completed.

The two dive culverts, the outlet to the siphon spillway and the southeast approach wall to lock No. 8 remain to be built.

AATash wall has been placed, on both sides, from the south end of lock No. 8 approach walls to East street, but none finished.

Plate girder bridges over Bond creek have been placed at East street and Baldwin avenue.

The cast iron pipe has been delivered for the two dive culverts, but not placed.

The following is a summary of items on contract Ho. 27-A, as modified by alterations Hos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, to September 30, 1912:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,

affected

by

alterations.

as

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Clearing.

Grubbing

lump sum . .cu. yds.

21.9%

65.7%

21.9

Excavation from spoil banks.........cu. yds.

All other excavation.................cu. yds.

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M.

Forming embankment

Gravel lining........

Sawed lumber.......

Yellow pine in lock-gates...........ft. B. M.

ft. B. M.

.cu. yds. .cu. vds. ft. B. M.

8,350

182,000

353,980

240,000

152,310

3,870

34,000

7,000

1,518

85,829

58,216

78,900

29,505

15,640

6,440

4,390

121,710

93,201

78,900

60,446

15,640

6,440

18.2

47.2

16.4

32.9

19.4

45.9

White oak................

Foundation piles, 15 ft. long Foundation piles, 20 ft. long

Sheet-piling...............

Second-class concrete.......

Reinforced concrete.................cu. y

Finishing concrete surfaces.............sq. ft.

Masonry bridge coping..............cu. yds.

Wash wall.........................cu. yds.

Second-class stone paving............sq. yds.

Third-class riprap...................cu. yds.

15-inch vitrified pipe..................lin. ft.

Structural steel............

Metal reinforcement.......

Cast iron pipe.............

Iron castings..............

Wooden pavement..................sq. yds.

Wooden fencing......................lin.    ft.

Lattice railing.......................lin.    ft.

Removing three old bridge superstructures,

Maintaining traffic..........

Sluice-gate.................

Lowering Argyle street bridge Maintaining traffic over Bond creek.lump sum Foundation piles.....................lin.    ft.

No.

No.

860

180

441

ft. B. M. .cu. yds

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lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

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92

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1,050

489,750

14,470

1,072

10,000

420

509

60

51.3

40

73,550

5,261

74,100

9,924

15

854

974

60

36.4

79.7

It

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27,360

7,030

12

85.7

714

510

40 188,200 69,650 225,200 40,600

5,160

265

10,500

51

155,073

44,459

3,882

ii

34%

36!%

9,367

25.7

51

7.1

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162,954

58,169

4,993

82.4

63.8

9.6

242

91.3

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Contract No. 54.

This contract provides for constructing lock JSTo. 7, at Fort Edward, on the Hudson river, where the Champlain canal enters the “ land line ” extending to Whitehall. Length 0.22 mile. Clinton A. Curtis, Assistant Engineer. Hunkin-Conkey Construction Company, contractor.

The upper approach w⁷all to the lock (Ho. 7) was completed at the beginning of the fiscal year, October 1, 1911.

A coffer-dam of steel sheet-piles was built around the entire lock, but considerable time was lost, owing to the collapse of the dam. Longer sheet-piles were driven and reinforcing cables were anchored to pile clusters in the river and on the island, and this

arrangement proved adequate to withstand the ordinary high water. This dam was unwatered and the lock foundation was excavated by a McMyler and clam-shell bucket. Then piles were driven in a very hard gravelly deposit. Along the shore of the former river bed hardpan was encountered. This work continued until the latter part of February, when the frost became so deep that it was impracticable to drive piles.

Five sections of the wall foundation were built under the west wall of the lock in March prior to the 19tli, when the river flooded the coffer-dam. Regular construction work was resumed on May 15, 1912, and has continued, with rapid progress, to practical completion. About GOO cu. yds. of concrete remain to be placed.

Concrete was placed in the lock walls, in 1912, by chutes from a central tower located on the banks of the Champlain canal opposite the center of the lock.

Riprap has been placed on the embankment back of the upper approach wall, to protect it from the erosion of the river at the sharp bend at this point.

The excavation of the prism north of the lock is 90 per cent completed.

The lock gates and steel work were completed during the summer.

The following is a summary of items on contract ISTo. 54, as affected by alterations Ros. 1 and 2, to September 30, 1912:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

st,

alterations.

■i..

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to-date.

45,600

14,000

11,300

1,100

16,000

6,800

60,600

130

225,000

21,925

15.296

ii

525

4,880

31,696

102,060

14,714

29,943

9,335

8.851

4,880

53,244

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247,068

to

to

33.5J

65.69

4.6

78.3

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74.7

52.3

45.3

67' 1

71 7

87.8]

109.8 ! 88.1 ! 0 !

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a Amount of sheeting and bracing increased from 2,000 ft. B. M. to 14,000 ft. B. M. by resolution of Canal Board dated April

b Amount of second-class concrete increased from 21,700 cu. yds. to 21,925 cu. yds. by resolution of Canal Board, dated September 10, 1912.

c Second-class riprap eliminated from contract by resolution of Canal Board, dated September 10, 1912.

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by

alterations.

Whirk done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done

to date.

Third-class riprap......

Structural steel........

Metal reinforcement. . .

Steel castings.........

Iron castings, machined

Wrought iron pipe, 3-inch diameter.....lin. ft.

Wrought iro ’ pipe railing.............lin. ft.

Metal in lock-gates *. .

Metal in buffer-beams¹'

Metal in lock-valves*.

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum

cu.

iMM

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

3,660

7,200

376,000

9,800

7,300

2,142

6,104

5,483

3,912

6,524

2,142

6,104

8,111

3,912

6,524

58.5

84.7

0.01

39 9

89 3

250

238

95.2

480

200,000

92,000

25,000

$18,000

117,768

66,739

22,087

$4,770

117,768

69,360

22,087

$12,000

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72.5

88.3

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Champlain Canal, Residency No. 3.

Resident Engineer E. V. R. Payne reports:

Residency No. 3, Champlain canal, extends from the highway bridge at Dunhams Basin, Washington comity, northerly to Lake Champlain at Whitehall, a distance of 19.8 miles.

The following contracts are located within the limits of this residency: Nos. 15 and 25 and portions of Nos. 16, 32, 33 and 90.

Mr. D. B. LaDu, Resident Engineer, was in charge until January 1, 1912, when, on his appointment as Division Engineer, this residency was combined with residency No. 2, and E. Y. R. Payne, Resident Engineer, assumed charge of both residencies.

Final estimates for contracts Nos. 15, 16, 33 and 90 have been compiled and that for contract No. 25 is nearly complete. Twenty-two overflow surveys and appropriation maps wrere made and corners marked for lands affected by the change in Barge canal levels from Comstock to Whitehall. Considerable time was spent in reporting on the Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company’s claims in connection with their contracts.

Contract No. 15.

This contract provides for excavating the canal and protecting its sides, constructing lock No. 11, dam No. 4, lock No. 12, dam No. 5, and appertaining structures, a spillway, a highway, two

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masonry culverts, five bridges with their piers and abutments, and other incidental details, between Lake Champlain, at Whitehall, Sta. 0-73, and Sta. 356 on Wood creek, about 0.6 mile north of Comstock post-office, Washington county. Length, 6.8 miles. W. C. Benedict, Assistant Engineer. Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company, contractor.

At the end of the fiscal year (1911) this contract was nearly completed, except the trimming of slopes and embankments and placing paving and the railings on the bridges at Whitehall, which was done prior to January 1, 1912.

About 31,000 cu. yds. of excavation were removed from the bypass at lock No. 11 and in the prism one mile north of this lock by the dipper dredge Comstock and hydraulic dredge Champlain.

Some 7,250 cu. yds. of wash wall and 2,850 cu. yds. of riprap were placed in the by-pass and along the prism at lock No. 11.

The bridges and approaches at Clinton avenue, Saunders street and Boardinan street, Whitehall, were paved complete.

A wooden crib in the upper approach to lock No. 12 was completed and the lock wall backfilled.

The contract was accepted by the Canal Board on February 21, 1912.

The deep clay cut, at Guard-lock hill, about one mile north of lock No. 11, continued to slide into the prism; the contractors are now flattening the east slope from a one-on-two to a one-on-four slope for a length of about 500 feet. This work is done under a special agreement with the Superintendent of Public Works and is inspected by the State Engineer’s department.

The following is a summary of items on contract No. 15, as affected by alterations Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, to September 30, 1912:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by

alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per’cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done! to date.

Clearing..............................acres

Grubbing. ........................cu. yds.

All excavation......................cu. yds.

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M.

cu. yds. cu. yds.

Embankment Lining......

12.36

12.36

12,000

2,921,400

50,000

167,500

3,992

81.671

’435

6,669

1,131

7,803

2,718,464

50,280

102,392

2,912

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ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

“■*“*«< Sts.

as

by

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Sawed lumber, hemlock.............ft. B. M.

Sawed lumber, spruce..............ft. B. M.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir

40,000

8,500

6,885

Sawed lumber, white oak in miter-sills

ft. B. M. 108,500

25,820

33,789

6,547

98,160

3.828

20.4

26.3

Stone filling in cribs....

Foundation piles.......

Fender piles..........

Sheet-piling...........

All classes concrete.....

Dam coping...........

Bridge coping.........

Dry retaining wall.....

Wash wall............

Third-class stone paving

All classes riprap.......

4-inch vitrified pipe.....

Iron castings, plain....

Iron castings, machined.

Structural steel........

Metal reinforcement. . .

Portland cement sidewalk.............sq. ft.

Wooden block pavement.............sq. yds.

Wooden fencing......................lin.    ft.

Ballast............................cu.    yds.

Scroll railing.........................lin.    ft.

Lattice railing.......................lin.    ft.

Wrought iron pipe railing.............li i.    ft.

Needle-dams for lock No. 11........lump    sum    $5,200

Needle-dam, upper end, lock No.    12.. lump    sum    $2,400

Needle-dam, lower end. lock No.    12.    . lump    sum    $3,100

$700 87,200 $4,300

159

'726

7,298

21.9

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30

28

25

ft. B. M. 100,740 .cu. yds. 57,899 .cu. yds.

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14.1

da.

12

Ml

cu. y cu. yds sq. y cu. yds. lin. ft.

...lbs.    163,883

...lbs.    50,000

.. .lbs. 1,227,083 ..lbs. 104,550 4.350

24,688 ds. 2,187 8,540

300

’760

2,590

O'. •

650

240

0.33

2.72

87,962

56,648.1

15.33

0.6

9.72

74

7,416 1,013 2,965 2

4,224    162,589

968    49,572

1,112,338 103,102 3,995

2,194

24,607

1,542

5,862

270

127,573

1,157

3,687

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330

750

83

14 1

127

251

633

622

251

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30

65

50

2.6

1.9

11.4

1.1

92

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12.9

15

100

Finished

Needle-dam, across head-race

Lock-valves...............

Movable crest for dam No. 5

Upper lock-gates...........

Lower lock-gates, lock No. 11

Lower lock-gates, lock No. 12......lump sum

Sawed lumber, red oak.............ft. B. M.

lin. ft.

lump sum lump sum lump sum lumpsum $11,100 lumpsum $8,500 $9,900 25,400

85,200

$2,400

$3,100

$700

7,386

$7,200

$4,300

$11,100

88,500

$9,900

24,396

Stone curbs

Deduct for buildings not removed.. .lump sum

$100

690

690

30.3

100

$100

$100

Total

$61,896    $1,378,956.17

Contract No. 16 (on Contract No. 25).

This contract provides for furnishing and erecting in place

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steel highway bridges.

United 'Construction Company, contractor.

The bridges at Comstock, Dewey’s, Fort Ann, Drayton’s, Smiths Basin and Geo. Henry’s were erected complete, together with the railings on approaches, between December, 1911, and July, 1912, and traffic turned over them.

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in full operation during the season of 1912.

Contract No. 25.

This contract provides for excavating the canal and protecting its sides, constructing lock dSTo-. 9 and necessary spillways, power plants and appertaining structures, bridge substructures and approaches, retaining walls, highways, and other incidental details between Sta. 356, about 0.6 mile north of Comstock post-office, and Sta. 1041+54, at Dunhams Basin road, Washington county. Length of contract, 13 miles. \V. B. Watson, Assistant Engineer. Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company, contractor.

In the earth sections, for the entire length of the contract, the hydraulic dredge Champlain and two sloping machines continued work during the year, except in the winter.

At the rock cuts two dipper dredges, a Bishop excavator and two orange peel buckets (mounted on scows) operated continuously, except in the winter months, during which time a small amount of rock was removed by hand. Practically all excavation remaining to be done is in these rock cuts — high, scattered points. Two small rock cuts between 'Smiths Basin and Dunhams Basin were completed by hand during the winter.

All bridge substructures are completed, with the exception of a small amount of lining and riprap at Henry’s bridge and the east abutment at 'Comstock.

Northwest approach wall to lock No. 9 and isolated snubbing posts are finished.

The baffle dam in the ditch connecting the Smiths Basin spillway from the old canal with the Barge canal has been completed.

Piling and riprap for the railroad bank protection, north of Fort Ann, are finished.

A small amount of wash wall at the south end of the contract and repairs to several slides will complete the wash wall on the entire contract.

The highway work, except a small piece of road south of Corn-stock, is complete.

The general work yet to be done is the removal of plant and a small amount of rubbish, the building of small ditches to drain spoil banks, and leveling.

The following is a summary of items on contract No. 25, as affected by alterations Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10, to September 30, 1912:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by

alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Clearing..............................acres

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M.

Sawed lumber, hemlock.............ft. B. M.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir ft. B. M.

White oak in miter-sills.............ft. B. M.

Piling..................

Sheet-piling.............

Stone-coping, first-class...

Concrete, all classes......

Wash wall..............

Riprap, all classes........

Paving, second-class.....

Ballast.................

Iron castings, plain......

Iron castings, machined. .

Metal reinforcement.....

Structural steel..........

Wrought iron pipe railing

Wooden fence...........

Removing superstructures

Fender fastenings........

Dry rubble masonry......

Moving temporary bridge

Cinder filling...........

Dressing face of walls, old lock No. 18,

lump sum

No.

ft. B. M. . cu. yds. .cu. yds. .cu. yds. .cu. yds • sq. y .cu. yds

ds.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

. .. lin. ft. .. .lin. ft. lump sum

ltis.

.. cu. yds. lump sum . .cu. yds.

65.69

05.09

100

36,600

5,621,300

150,795

14,563

104,700

2,800

151,800

1,700

2,766

1,249,000

r-

27,834

53,515

6,245

3,097

25,950

20,000

68,395

53,780

310

5,640

86');)

233

3,010

$800

2,020

$350

211,731

19,50.)

3,155

43,083

3,120

235

1,361

21,706

1,486

1,817

49

2,331

i

21,101

179

243

3,415

*600

11

1,660

9,435

5,047,508

111,071

11,871

61,857

2,570

145,943

1,580

2,750

1,022,066

10

26,934

51,812

3,812

1,832

134

25,262

19,068

66,571

39,498

213

3,415

$600

274

293

$800

1,660

0 |    $150

Finished

90

71

81

59

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

96

97

6!

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

60

100

Finished

Finished

Finished

100

100

Gross estimate

$1,707,191

$115,272 $1,525,567

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Contract No. 33 (on Contract No. 15).

This contract provides for erecting movable dam machinery for dam No. 5, contract No. 15, Champlain canal. A. It. Morse, Assistant Engineer. Penn Bridge Company, contractor.

The erection of the movable dam machinery for dam No. 5, at Whitehall, was finished in November, 1911, and it was operated during the winter of 1911-1912, and contract was accepted.

Contract No. 90.

This contract provides for furnishing and installing equipmentr for operating and lighting lochs Nos. 9, 11 and 12 on the Champlain canal. A. It. Morse, Assistant Engineer. TTOlier Engineering Company, contractor.

Lock No. 9. The power-house, turbines, generators, switchboard, gate and valve-operating machinery, light poles and all connections were placed and connected up, after which the fixtures on the light poles were removed and stored in the power house, as this plant will not be used this season.

Lock No. 11. With the finishing of the interior of the building, the work is complete. Turbines, generators, switch-board, gate and valve-operating machinery and accessories, control cabinets, panel boards, light poles and connecting lines have been connected up and operated successfully during the season of 1012.

Lock No. 12. The power-house was finished, and turbines, generators and switchboard connected up, and cabinets, panels and gate-operating machinery installed and operated successfully during the present year.

The contract has been accepted.

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The Following Statements Show the Names, Rank and Com

PENSATION OF ENGINEERS EMPLOYED IN THE EASTERN DIVISION

of the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor, Together with Incidental Expenses, for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912.

Ordinary Repairs to Canals — Erie Canal.

Chapter 810, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

D. B. La Du.. . J. A. O’Connor J. B. Maguire. . Hugh Reilly. . . Hattie A. Dell. Frank Roberts.

Division engineer. Division engineer. Assistant engineer

Cashier.........

Stenographer... . Rodman........

$350 per month $2,450 03 350 per month! 1,050 03 6 00 per day) 30 00 150 per month 565 00 100 per month 200 00 4 00 per day! 208 001

$2,450 00 1,050 00 30 00 565 00 200 00 208 00

Fuel and light.........

Stationery and printing.

Postage...............

Telephone and telegraph Miscellaneous..........

Incidental Expenses.

$4,503 00

$4,533 00

$110 20 21 21 160 29 2,188 39 306 72

2,786 81

Total

$7,289 81

Ordinary Repairs to Canals —- Champlain Canal.

Chapter 810, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

D. B. La Du.....

G. M. Rodger.. .. VVayland Dickens Harvey Malcolm.

Wm. Leffler......

W. L. Collins.....

Hattie A. Dell. . .

Hugh Reilly.....

Frank Roberts. . .

Division engineer,

Leveler..........

Leveler.........

Chainman.......

Laborer.........

Stenographer Stenographer.. . .

Cashier.........

Rodman........

$350 per month 4 59 per day 4 53 per day 2 59 per day 2 03 per day 69 per month 103 per month 150 per month 4 00 per day

$350 00 40 50 49 50 29 50 22 00 38 71 800 00 1,200 00 104 00

$17 60

5 79

$350 00 58 10 49 50 29 50 22 00 44 50 800 00 1,200 00 104 00

F uel and light.........

Stationery and printing.

Postage...............

Telephone and telegraph M:scellaneous

Incidental Expenses.

$2,634 21    $23 39

$2,657 60

$462 40 59 30 126 00 1,080 51 324 3 8

2,052 59

Total

$4,710 19

Constniction of Barge Canal

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

Head Office Account.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Alex. E. Kastl. . H. D. Alexander J. A. O’Connor. R. S. Greeman.

Special deputy state engineer. ...

Special resident engineer........

Division engineer...............

Resident engineer..............

C. H. MacCulloch.....Resident    engineer..............

H. D. Miller..........Resident    engineer..............

Noble E. Whitford.....Resident    engineer..............

W. G. Wildes.........Resident    engineer..............

M. G. Barnes.........Consulting engineer.............

Consulting engineer.............

Consulting engineer.............

Wm. H. Burr

G. S. Greene, Jr

Joseph Ripley.........Consulting engineer

T. Kennard Thomson.. Consulting engineer

A. W. Conner. C. C. Egbert . G. F. Stickney

W. H. Yates...

T. L. McBean..

W.R. Davis...

Henry Auerbach J. L. Bradford..

H. E. Brainard.

E.    A. Brainerd.

Horace Corbin.

J. C. Green....

C. N. Haggart.

A. G. Hayden..

F.    A. Hermans.

Harold Levy...

W. S. McDowell

E. L. Pierce...........

J. C. Podmore.........

J. M. C. Quarles de

Quarles............

Civil engineer of grade crossings..

Expert on electrical design.......

Expert lock designer and supervising engineer...............

Supervising engineer............

Special expert draftsman........

Chief bridge designer...........

Bridge designer................

Bridge designer................

Bridge designer................

.. Rridge djaignur .. Bridge designer .. Bridge designer . . Bridge designer .. Bridge designer Bridge designer.

Bridge designer Bridge designer Bridge designer Bridge designer

Bridge designer

H.    J. Scheuermann. . . . Bridge designer E. G. Semon. ..

J. E. Tonnelier.

L .C. West....

C. H. Wood. ..

I.    S. Abrahams.

J.    M. Angus. . .

J. F. Blaise. ...

S. Cohen......

L. H. Friedman C. E. Quimby..

W. M. Smelo..

A. C. Miller....

A. Bluestone...

E.    E. Briggs. . .

A. E. Green....

C. A. Huhne...

Israel Oriian. . .

A. G. Chapman.

F.    R. Clair.....

Thomas Hassett J. H. McElroy. .

R. V. Somerville

Bridge designer Bridge designer Bridge desig Bridge designer

Bri

J. M. Smelzer.. .. C. B. Dunham Jr J. T. Gorman. . ..

J.C. Guffin......

J. E. F. Minnock. G. T. Waterman. .

Nelle Clark......

W. L. Collins. . . . F. A. Dempsey..

$608 60 150 41 42 75 3,000 00    2,939 32

2,700 00 2,775 00 2,982 76 2,068 06

5,760 00

3,360 00

3,900 00 6,906 95

4,020 00 1,998 58 1,330 00

$500 per month $6,000 00 333 33 per month 3,999 96 350 per month 250 per month 225 per month 250 per month 250 per month 225 per month 60 00 per day, when employed...

60 00 per day, when employed...

60 00 per day, when employed...

600 per month 60 00 per day, when employed...

176 per month 20 00 per day

416 66 per month 333 33 per month 20 00 per day 375 per month 150 per month 175 per month 175 per month 175 per month 150 per month 175 per month 175 per month 175 per month 150 per month 175 per month 150 per month 150 per month 175 per month

175 per month 175 per month 150 per month 150 per month 150 per month 175 per month 125 per month 125 per month 125 per month 125 per month 125 per month 125 per month 125 per month 100 per month 75 per month 100 per month 75 per month 75 per month 75 per month 3,600 per year 250 per month 333 33 per month 225 per month

175 per month 150 per month 150 per month 125 per month 125 per month 125 per month 100 per month 100 per month 100 per month 75 per month

3,333 25 2,722 20 100 00 3,449 43 382 25 565 83 875 00 1,925 00 245 00 2,100 00 1,337 90 2,013 06 1,056 89 1,195 08 411 29 1,220 00 1,318 33

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485 58

448 38

503 12 532 71

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Bridge draftsman...............

Junior bridge draftsman.........

Ijunior bridge draftsman.........

Junior bridge draftsman.........

Junior bridge draftsman.........

Junior bridge draftsman.........

Chief clerk....................

Auditor and financial clerk......

Confidential assistant...........

Chief clerk....................

Confidential clerk and stenographer ......................

Index clerk....................

Clerk.........................

Clerk.........................

Clerk.........................

Clerk.........................

Clerk.........................

Stenographer..................

Stenographer..................

Stenographer..................

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3,000 00 3,999 96 1,380 00

2,100 00 1,770 00 1,725 00 1,437 50 1,437 50 1,475 00 1,080 00 1,200 00 670 00 83 47

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10 64

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NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Agnes Fogarty........Stenographer

A dele Hallenbeck......[Stenographer

Grace Haswell.........Stenographer

Bertha E. Kirchner....¹ Stenographer......

S. C. MacNeil.........Stenographer.........

J. J. Tobin............Stenographer.........

Cleora Van Vleck......; Stenographer.........

Mabel VVienholz.......Stenographer.........

Anna M. Weber.......Stenographer.........

R.    B. Allen...........Engineering    draftsman

C. M Chuckrow......Engineering    draftsman

J. H. McCormick, Jr... Engineering    draftsman

G. D. Meer...........Engineering    draftsman

Chas Messina.........Engineering draftsman..........

W. J Picard..........Engineering    draftsman..........

G. L Schillner........Engineering    draftsman..........

J. H. Stevens..........Engineering    draftsman..........

S.    T. Vosburg.........Engineering    draftsman..........

L. B. Westfall.........Engineering    draftsman..........

J. J. Cosgrave.........!Architectural draftsman.........

F. E. Blake...........[Mechanical engineer and drafts

man..............

Mechanical draftsman Mechamcal draftsman Mechanical draftsman

Tracer..............

Tracer..............

Tracer..............

Tracer..............

Tracer.............

Tracer.............

Tracer.............

Tracer..............

Tracer..............

J. A. Jensen......

W. S. Klos......

C. P. Wiweke....

T. L. Ainsworth. .

Leroy Bamer.....

J. H. Forth......

Bernard Gazier...

C. J. Hall........

W. J. Henk......

C.    T. Kniskern, Jr P. R. Murray....

II. F. Reed

Reuben Rudermaun.... {Tracer

R. N. Barrett.........I Assistant engineer.

H. W. Benedict.......Assistant    engineer.

W. C. Bratton........Assistant    engineer.

Clark Brown.......... Assistant    engineer.

A. T. Clark........... Assistant    engineer.

D.    H. Daley..........Assistant    engineer.

F. M. Eames..........[Assistant    engineer.

H.    A. Gehring.........[Assistant    engineer.

Ely Gamse...........Assistant    engineer.

M. W. Grimes........Assistant    engineer.

F.    B. Hall............! Assistant    engineer.

C.    L. Hayward........¹ Assistant    engineer.

T. R. Hazelum........{Assistant    engineer.

R.    L. Holt............'Assistant    engineer.

E.    C. Lawton.........Assistant    engineer.

D.    R. Lee............I Assistant    engineer.

O. F. Lewis...........Assistant engineer,.

J. B. Maguire.........'Assistant    engineer.

I.    S. Matlaw..........¹ Assistant    engineer.

C.    W. Morris, Jr......Assistant engineer

E.    P. Neuschwander. .. Assistant engineer

J.    P. Newton.........'Assistant engineer

J. A. O’Donnell.......Assistant engineer

II. E. Phillips.........Assistant    engineer

E. G. Raynor.........Assistant    engineer

D.    B. Sayer...........Assistant    engineer

W. H. Slingerland.....Assistant engineer

Rupert Sturtevant.....Assistant engineer

S.    R. Tighe........... Assistant    engineer

G.    G. Underhill.......Assistant engineer

T.    L. Watkins........Assistant    engineer

H.    A. Weeks.......... Assistant    engineer

W. E. Weller..........Assistant    engineer

W. J. Weigmann......Assistant engineer

J. B. Whipple......... Assistant engineer

li. T. Arnold..........Leveler.........

Jacob Bendel..........Leveler.........

$50 per month 100 per month 100 per month 100 per month 100 per month 125 per month 100 per month 100 per month 75 per month 4 00 per day

4    00 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day

4    00 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day

150 per month

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5    00 per day

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Construction of Barge Canal — Head Office Account—(Continued).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

N. E. Cottrell... Way land Dickens

F.    J. Doerhoefer. T. J. Loonie.... J. T. Murphy. .. E. S. Overbaugh. J. M. Prior. . .

J. A. Pritchard

G.    G. Sweet. .

J. A. Wallace. . .

M.    H. Boigeol...

J. S. Burns.....

G.    B. Kelley. ... E. H. Leggett.. .

H.    J. O’Hara. . .

N.    B. Robbins. . Raymond Shelley

L.    F. Walsh.....

Harry Blum.....

E. J. Bullis......

Harvey Malcolm.

B.    Z. Wildenberg E. V. AUendorph

M.    S. Bierce. ... .1. M. Taylor....

C. G. Hadley. . . Wm. J. Atkinson

D.    F. Allen.....

L.    R. Baldwin... J. J. Barrett. . . . J. H. Boyland...

M.    E. Brainerd.. T. M. Brennock. J. H. Byrnes.... W. B. Chapman. Wm. C. Clark... .T. E. Collins.... J. M. Connolly.. Jas. L. Daley. . . Patrick Degnan. Michael Dolan. .

Wm. Doyle.....

J. J. Duffy......

W. H. Dugan. . . Peter Farnan. . .

J. E. Farley.....

S. A. Feenan.... J. M. Fogarty...

Gaffney.... S. Habbinger.... Arnold Hooper. .

O.    A. Jacobs

W. T. Lansing. .

Wm. Leffler.....

Myer Livingston S. Lodewick. .. . J. M. Macdonald A. McDougall...

P. J.

F. W. McEnaney Henry Mac Faria P. J. McGoldrick

ne....

J. C. McShane. Leopold Miller. Jos. Murray. . . Leonard Paige. . Amos Prescott. Thos. Rattoone J. J. Roach. ...

P. J. Ryan.....

P. F. Sculley... W. J. Smith.... H. J. Soules....

Leveler.............

Leveler.............

Leveler.............

Leveler.............

Leveler.............

Leveler............

Leveler............

Leveler............

Leveler............

Leveler............

Rodman...........

Rodman...........

Rodman...........

Rodman...........

Rodman...........

Rodman...........

Rodman...........

Rodman...........

Chainman..........

Chainman..........

Chainman..........

Chainman..........

Inspector of masonry Inspector of masonry Inspector of masonry Electrical inspector. .

Laborer............

Laborer............

Laborer............

Laborer............

Laborer............

Laborer............

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$5 00 per day 4 50 per day

4    50 per day

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5    00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 4 00 per day

3    59 per day

4    00 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day 3 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day

2    50 per day

3    00 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day

150 per month 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 03 per day 2 03 per day 2 03 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 09 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 03 per day 2 03 per day 2 00 per day 2 03 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 03 per day 2 09 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 CO per day

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NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

H. A. Sweeney. . Cuyler Ten Eyck M. A. Tierney... Michael Tierney.

V.    R. Tremper. .

A. F. Wilson.... M. E. Baker.... P. F. Burmaster. J. F. Duffy.....

G.    B. Fitzgerald.

W.    T. Fonda ...

Edgar Hull.....

Robert Maloy... J. J. Murnane... P. D. Unger. . . .

F. C. Batt......

F. E. Davis.....

J. J. Finn.......

H.    W. Nutter...

F. M. Hill......

.. Laborer..................

.. Laborer..................

.. Laborer..................

.. Laborer..................

.. Laborer..................

.. Laborer..................

.. Axeman and office assistant .. Axeman and office assistant .. Axeman and office assistant .. Axeman and office assistant .. Axeman and office assistant . Axeman and office assistant .. Axeman and office assistant .. Axeman and office assistant .. Axeman and office assistant

.. Chauffeur................

.. Chauffeur................

.. Chauffeur................

.. Chauffeur................

.. Title maker...............

E. M. Chamberlain. ... Night watchman..........

Charwoman..............

Foreman of borings.......

Foreman of public works..

Sibella Carroll. J. J. McManus E. H. Wetsel..

$2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 125 per month 100 per month 100 per month 100 per month 120 per month per month 25 per day

4    50 per day

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$626 00 630 00 242 00 626 00 88 00 358 00 860 00 782 50 496 00 485 00 132 50 802 50 423 00 787 50 785 00 1,111 67 408 15 368 15 1,023 87 1,440 00 960 00 391 25 1,323 00 575 00

Instruments, tools and appliances

Office rent.....................

Fuel and light.................

Stationery and printing.........

Postage.......................

Telephone and telegraph........

Miscellaneous..................

Incidental Expenses.

$256,812 31 $12,531 01 $269,343 32

........... $200 68

36,879 40

Total

$306,222 72

Construction of Barge Canal — Erie Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

D.    B. LaDu.... J. A. O’Connor. S. W. Belding. . P. H. Dater.... Carleton Greene

E.    D. Hendricks E. A. Lamb....

G.    I. Oakley. . .

H.    O. Scher

G.    W. Stickney. Earle Talbot....

H.    E. Brainard.. P. D. Wendell.. Hattie A. Dell.. R. S. Foster.... P. J. Gaffey.... Jane Kerns. . . . J. A. Murray... James J. Neville

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Division engineer...............

Division engineer...............

Resident engineer..............

Resident engineer..............

Resident engineer..............

Resident engineer..............

Resident engineer..............

Resident engineer..............

Resident engineer..............

Resident engineer..............

Resident engineer..............

Bridge designer................

Estimate clerk.................

Stenographer..................

Stenographer..................

Stenographer..................

Stenographer..................

Stenographer..................

Confidential stenographer to division engineer...............

$350 per month 350 per month 250 per month 250 per month 250 per month 225 per month 250 per month 225 per month 225 per month 250 per month 250 per month 175 per month 250 per month 100 per mo icli| 75 per mouth 75 per month 2 50 per day 83 33 per month

125 per month!

$175 00    $426 31

249 43 112 67

2,225 80 3,000 03 750 00 2,600 03 2,900 03 2,067 09 900 00 2,176 00 1,500 03 775 83 1,325 00 200 03 525 00 885 00 242 50 499 98

581 117 22! 331 76 321 82 1,023 74 37 03 144 00 320 95 101 83 43 19

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$691 31 249 48 2,338 47 3,363 58 867 22 2,931 76 3,221 82 3,090 74 937 00 2,320 00 1,820 95 877 71 1,368 19 230 00 525 00 885 00 242 50 499 98

1,370 83    611 79

1,982 62

Construction of Barge Canal — Erie Canal — (Continued).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate o! compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

Georgina Pflaum.

J. L. Richards....

H. L. Clarke.....

J. A. Galvin.....

F. E. Gillen......

E. C. Hackett....

E. L. Keeler.....

A. G. Austin.....

T. 8. Bailey......

Lewis Bartlett....

E.    J. Becker.....

J.C. Bell........

C.R. De Graff...

R.    G. Finch......

F.    W. Harris.....

Edwin Hilborn. ..

M. E. James.....

E. E. Kendall....

Chas. Kiehm.....

H. C. Kline......

C.    A. Lansing . ..

D.    W. Overocker ('. G. Ranney....

S.    M. Stuart.....

\V. .1. Weigmann.

M.    W. Williams.. W. R. Abbott....

S.    R. Bellows. . . .

Harold Bills......

W. W. Brown...

C. L. Hayward.,

E.    Hulsapple.....

Grant Huntley. .. A. D. Hyman....

G.    C. Ingersoll. . ..

H.    W. Jewell......

G.    H. Jones.......

T.    J. Loonie......

A.    T. Madison. . . . Chester Moore

W. N. Niles.......

H.    P. O'Bryan. . . .

Mott Palmer......

S. M. Poutier.....

C. E. Smith.......

C. V. Smith.......

R. B. Smith.......

L. H. M. Whitney.

B.    Wich..........

J. D. Williams

C.    G. Atkin.......

R. G. Baker......

L. J. Bradley......

C. E. Burleigh.....

J. P. Byrne.......

H. V. G. Du Mont.

N.    B. Epstein.....

E. W. Goff........

P. Greenbaum.....

Jos. Helfand......

J. L. Herber......

A. 0. Hollenbeck.. W. N. Langworthy

G. H. Leet........

E. F. Ludden.....

L. Y. Meneely. . . .

A. D. Merrill......

A. R. Mulligan....

E. Nicholson......

A. R. Patchke.....

W.C.R. Pyne....

G.    R. Rankin.....

H.    J. Richardson. .

Stenographer.........

Stenographer........

Engineering draftsman Engineering draftsman Engineering draftsman Engineering draftsman Engineering draftsman Assistant engineer.... Assistant engineer Assistant engineer Assistant engineer.... Assistant engineer Assistant engineer Assistant engineer.... Assistant engineer.... Assistant engineer.... Assistant engineer.... Assistant engineer.... Assistant engineer.... Assistant engineer.... Assistant engin Assistant engineer Assistant engineer Assistant engineer Assistant engineer Assistant engineer

Leveler..........

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$75 per month 75 per month 5 00 per day 5 00 per day

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7    00 per day

6    00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 0 J per day

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4    50 per day

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4    50 per day

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4    50 per day

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3    50 per day

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3    50 per day

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3    50 per day

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Rank.

Rate of compensation.

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Travel.

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C. P. Riley...........Rodman...

F. L. Teall............Rodman...

J. R. Tighe...........Rodman.    .

C. A. Wilbur..........Rodman...

R. G. Williams........Rodman...

A. F. Bayly...........Chainman.

F.    S. Belotti..........Chainman.

J. G. Bushnell.........Chainman.

G.    T. Byrnes..........Chainman.

P. E. Collette.........Chainman.

.1. C. Cronin..........jC'hainmain

W. A. Dawson........'Chainman.

W. E. Dickinson.......jCbainman

H.    L. Du Bois.........iChainman

John Edelstein........'Chainman..............

G.    P. Edwards........}( hainman..............

Elias Einhorn.........('hainman..............

F. B. Faille...........Chainman..............

J. A. Kelly............Chainman..............

R. L. Kelly...........iChainman..............

J. P. Kivlen...........Chainman..............

W. H. Mangan........Chainman..............

J. J. MacDonald......Chainman..............

L. A. McElveney......Chainman..............

W. A. Rice............Chainman..............

W. C. Ruland.........Chainman..............

Wm. Smutzler.........Chainman..............

R.    W. Stewart.........Chainman..............

F. B. Stoddard........Chainman..............

C. B. Tebo.........Chainman..............

H.    J. Waldvogel.......Chainman..............

H. J. Weir............Chainman..............

J. A. Young...........Chainman..............

A. M. Wait...........Inspector of public works

F. W. Miller..........Foreman    of borings......

F. II. Palmer..........Foreman    of borings......

II. W. Stoneburg......Foreman    of borings......

Jas. Breslin...........Movable dam tender.....

H. E. Jordan..........Movable dam tender.....

Frank McWenie.......Movable dam tender.....

J. J. Murphy..........Movable dam tender.....

Thos. Vaughn.........Movable dam tender.....

Edw. Baylis..........Laborer................

Tomaso Benaquista.... Laborer................

Frank Bestle..........Laborer................

W. J Biggart.........Laborer................

F. A. Boltwood........Laborer................

T. M. Brennock.......Laborer................

J. S. Butler...........Laborer................

F. A. Button..........Laborer................

Jos. Case.............Laborer................

T. D. Clancy.........Laborer................

W. C. Clark..........Laborer................

Dominick Dagostini.... Laborer................

Thos. Dalton.........Laborer................

Isaac Davis...........Laborer................

Michael Dooley.......Laborer................

Daniel Dolan.........Laborer................

Patrick Dorgan.......Laborer................

F. J. Dowdell.........Laborer................

F. Doyle.............Laborer................

Thos. Dunn...........Laborer................

Alphonse Fanelli......Laborer................

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Chapter 147, Law3 of 1933, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

J. A. Farrell.....

Leo Fitzgerald...

J. T. Garvin.....

E. Glacken......

Amzi Gregg......

E.    W. Hammond. John Hennessey..

O. A. Jacobs.....

P.    Kavanaugh. . . Wm. L. Kelly. ... Wm. Kemp, 2nd. Wm. Kneaskern.. Martin Kunetsky. Nathan Lasdon. .

John Lavery.....

R. Lee..........

Wm. Lusso......

Edgar Lynd.....

F.    T. Lyons......

Philip Madden...

D.    F. Mahar.....

Daniel Malone. . . Dominico Mancini Martin Manning.

E.    F. McCleary. .

Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer

Matthew McConnell... Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer

A. McDougall.. .

John McGraw...

T. McKernan...

J. J. McLaughlin Frank McMahon Michael McMahon. . . . Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer i Laborer | Laborer Laborer 'Laborer Laborer j Laborer 'Laborer Laborer Laborer

Pasquale Salvadore. ... Laborer Henry Schuyler.

P. V. Schuyler. .

Edw. Shears....

F.    J. Smith.....

J. F. Smith.....

Jas. Spain......

C.F. Sprague...

S. St. Onge.....

G.    R. Trombley.

Edw. Walsh. . . .

J. P. Walsh.....

S.    B. Welch.....

Myron Wells, Jr.

R. Wemple, Jr. .

P. B. White.....

Adolph Wilhelmy E. B. Hollenbeck J. P. Hughes....

T.    B. Brown. . . .

J. C. McShane. . Walter Merry...

J. Miller........

M. J. Moore... . Francisco Morelli C. A. Mower.... Jacob Mower.. . E. J. Mullarkey. M. E. Murphy. . M. J. Navin. . .. J. J. O’Brien.... M. J. O’Brien... Thos. O’Keefe... Thos. Powers. .. Albert Provost. .

J. Reardon.....

E. Reardon.....

John Riley......

Wm. Riley......

J. Robinson....

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Laborer.................

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Laborer.................

Laborer.................

Laborer.................

Laborer.................

Axeman and office assistant Axeman and office assistant Boatman................

$2 00 per day 2 00 per day: 2 00 per day! 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day; 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day| 2 00 per dayj 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 ''0 per day per day! 2 00 per day 2 00 per day! 2 00 per day, 2 00 per day 2 00 per day! 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 50 per day

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Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

Boatman

W. M. Cook.....

W. Davis........

C. R. de Malignon M. J. Dineen. . . .

P. J. Doorey.....

Wm. Duxbury. . .

E. J. Farrell.....

J. J. Finn.......

M. F. Guerin. . . .

Jas. Holton......

T. A. Keane.....

Stephen Lane....

T. F. Madden....

C. E. McCarthy..

Edw. McCauley..

Jas. B. McCormick. ... Boatman. ..

Boatman. .. Boatman.. . Boatman. .. Boatman. .. Boatman. .. Boatman.. . Boatman. . . Boatman. .. Boatman. .. Boatman. . .

Glenn Storms.........Boatman. ..

John Yops............Boatman...

Godfrey Aman........Gage    reader

C. V. Barrett.........Gage    reader

John Burns...........Gage    reader

Frank Fayant, Sr......Gage reader

John Fernald.........Gage reader

C. H. Fitch...........Gage reader

Edw. Hagerty.........Gage reader

C. H. Hanson.........Gage    reader.

Herbert Hockle........Gage reader.

Roy Hubbard.........Gage reader

Wm. Jones............Gage    reader.

Lloyd Kast...........Gage    reader.

J. J. Lyons...........Gage    reader.

J. B. Mackey.........Gage    reader.

Frank McArthur......Gage reader,

Murphy..........Gage    reader

P. C. Pickard.........Gage    reader.

J. Reepmeyer, Jr......Gage reader.

E. P. Ryan...........Gage    reader.

A. M. Spencer.........Gage    reader.

John Stark............Gage    reader.

W. C. Vrooman.......Gage reader.

E. P. Walthart........'Gage    reader.

Raymond Waterbury... jGage reader

Minnie E. Wheeler.....Gage reader

Robert Wilson........iGage    reader

C. W. Young..........Gage    reader

W. E. Young..........|Gage    reader

W. M. McMahon David Morris. . . M. E. Mullaney. Jas. Murphy.... Jos. Murray.... P. J. Murray.... F. L. Phalen.... Peter Quinn... Frank D. Ryan Dewitt Sparks.

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S3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 7 00 per month 5 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 5 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 10 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 5 00 per month

5    00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month

10 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month

6    00 per month 14 00 per month

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Incidental Expenses.

$191,989 94 $9,439 41 $201,429 35

Office rent....

Fuel and light Stationery and printing.

Postage...............

Telephone and telegraph Miscellaneous..........

$297 75 1,951 25 609 47 113 28 197 78 1,169 80 8,334 77

Total

12,674 10 $214,103 45

Construction of Barge Canal — Champlain Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

D.    B. La Du... J. A. O’Connor.

E.    V. R. Payne

F.    P. YVilliams. H. E. Brainard.

G.    W. Ruso

P. D. Wendell.. W. L. Collins.. J. J. Neville...

Laura I. Benjamin.....

J. E. Phinney.........

J. L. Richards.........

H.    L. Clarke..........

D.    E. Damon.........

J. A. Galvin..........

J. E. Hall............

F. B. Holmes.........

I.    L. Stalker..........

S. W. Belding.........

W. C. Benedict........

W. L. Caler...........

F. S. Crowell..........

C.    A. Curtis..........

R. G. Finch...........

J.    B. Foote...........

R. G. Gibson..........

H. W. Hale...........

R. D. Hayes..........

L. T. Howard.........

B. T. Kenyon.........

F. C. Koerner.........

J. McBride...........

A. R. Morse. .........

A.    C. Richards........

B.    W. Rosekrans......

J. L. Southworth......

W. B. Watson.........

E.    W. Wendell........

F.    J. Doerhoefer.......

F. B. Hall............

W. T. Hunt...........

Mott Palmer..........

L. S. Rickard.........

G.    M. Rodger.........

J. A. Wallace.........

B. Wich..............

W. I). Zielley.........

R. W. Anderson.......

W. M. Bronk.........

G.    E. Deutschbein.....

L. Greenalch..........

R. Jerrell.............

F.    M. Kuchar.........

H.    J. O’Hara..........

H. J. Richardson......

G.    L. Stillman.........

J. E. Cotter...........

E.    F. Dossert.........

H.    F. Eagan..........

Byron Houghtaling....

J. P. Kivlin...........

H. S. Miller...........

D.    O’Connell..........

J. J. Raup............

G. A. Rogers..........

F. B. Stoddard.........

II. J. Weir............

L. W. Donnelly. ......

F.B. Kraft...........

R. W. Scott...........

Division engineer.

Division engineer Resident engineer Resident engin

Bridge designer................

Clerk.........................

Estimate clerk.................

Stenographer..................

Confidential stenographer to

division engineer.............

Stenographer.. .

Stenographer. . .

nographer.. .

Engineering draf Engineering draf Engineering draftsman Engineering draftsman Engineering draftsman

Tracer..............

Assistant engineer....

Assistant engineer....

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Assistant engineer....

Assistant engineer....

Assistant engineer....

Leveler..............

Leveler..............

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Leveler..............

Leveler..............

Leveler..............

Rodman.............

Rodman.............

Rodman.............

Rodman.............

Rodman.............

Rodman.............

Rodman.............

Rodman.............

Rodman.............

Chainman...........

Chainman...........

Chainman...........

Chainman...........

Chainman...........

Chainman...........

Chainman...........

Chainman...........

Chainman...........

Chainman...........

Chainman...........

Inspector of masonry. .

Inspector of masonry. .

'inspector of masonry. .

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$350 per month 350 per month 250 per month 250 per month 175 per month 150 per month 250 per month 75 per month

125 per month

2    50 per day 100 per month

60 per month 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day

5    00 per day 75 per month

6    09 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day

6    00 per day

7    00 per day 5 00 per day

5    00 per day

6    00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day

5    00 per day

6    00 per day 5 00 per day

5    00 per day

6    00 per day 6 00 per day

5    00 per day

6    00 per day 6 00 per day

4    50 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 4 50 per day

4    50 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day 4 00 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day 3 50 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day 3 50 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day 3 59 per day

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NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

F. G. Tilton..........

T. B. Bowes..........

Fred Betts............

Robert Bowe..........

T. D. Clancy..........

W.C. Clark..........

D. H. Craw...........

T. J. Dailey...........

D.    J. Dwyer..........

Chas. Farley..........

Cornelius Fitzgerald ... Michael Goldschmidt...

William Hoy......

Louis Kaufmann......

J. C. Kelso...........

George La Joy........

W iliam Maloney......

James Mansfield.......

George Mayhew.......

A. McDougall.........

N. H. Me Herd........

H. H. McMasters......

H. J. MacShalley......

J. C. McShane........

Patrick Murphy.......

Fred Nehill. . .........

James Nolan..........

J. H. Noonan.........

Hugh O’Connor......

H. C. Parke..........

O.    J. Park...........

John Rock...........

J. F. Ryan...........

Edward Shanahan....

E.    W. Smith.........

Robert Sweeney......

John Vaughn.........

O.    H. Whittenhall....

F.    Williams..........

W. M. Francis.......

L. R. Hellner........

C. B. McMasters.....

Nelson Mory.........

Thomas Ryan, Jr.....

E.    L. Casey..........

T. D. Cla

J. J. Cleary.....

J. H. Comff.....

F.    H Craig.....

J. II. Dolan.....

J. J. Finn.......

J. Fox..........

Edward Harrigan

J. P. King......

J. F. Malin.....

J. F. Mitchell. . .

John Powers....

C. J. Smith.....

H. G. Streeter...

P.    J. Whalen... William Wolf. . .

E.    LI. Bowker.. .

L. C. Brazier....

F.    E. Chapman..

S. L. Cluett.....

J. H. Donnelly. .

W. E. Downing.

W. B. Dunstan.. Edward Durkin.

A. B. Fisher. . . .

P. F. Gleason. . .

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Inspector of masonry......

Foreman of borings........

Laborer..................

Laborer..................

Laborer..................

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. Axeman and office assistant. . Axeman and office assistant. . Axeman and office assistant. . Axeman and office assistant . Axeman and office assistant

. Boatman.................

. Boatman.................

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. Gage reader.............

. Gage reader.............

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. Gage reader.............

. Gage reader.............

. Gage reader.............

. Gage reader..............

. Gage reader.............

. Gage reader.............

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$5 00 per day 4 50 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 0'J per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 00 per day

2    50 per day

3    00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day| 3 00 per day, 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day

per day 3 00 per day

7    00 per month 12 00 per month

8    00 per month! 7 00 per month] 7 00 per month j 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month

3 00

$1,670 00 1,518 50 . 724 00'. 220 00'. 326 00'. 260 00 . 672 00 . 730 03 . 669 00 . 654 00 662 00 632 00 594 00 210 00 672 00 228 00 626 00 296 00 230 00 54 00 148 00 636 00 552 00 52 00 698 00 210 03 334 00 651 00 348 091

$3 48

522

00, 136 001 726 00 658 00 314 00 . 663 00 . 228 00 . 533 00 . 654 00 222 00 . 590 00 . 817 50 803 50 214 00 825 00 990 00 483 00 321 00’ 1,014 00| 937 09 1,017 00 586 09 1,053 00| 906 00] 891 00; 238 00 . 1,098 001 963 00 333 00 191 00i 990 00' 699 OOi 56 00: 144 00: 88 03i 49 03; 84 00 84 03 84 03: 84 03 56 001 84 00

326 00

$1,073 48 1,518 50 724 00 220 00 326 00 260 00 672 00 730 00 660 00 654 00 662 00 632 00 594 00 210 00 672 00 22S 00 626 00 296 00 230 00 54 00 148 00 636 03 552 03 52 .0

698    00 210 00 334 00 651 00 348 00 522 00 136 00 726 00 658 00 344 00 668 00 228 00 538 00 980 00 222 00 530 00 817 50 803 50 214 00 825 00 990 00 483 00 321 00

1,014 00 987 00 1,017 00 586 00 1,053 00 906 00 891 00 288 'W 1,098 00 963 00 333 00 191 00 990 00

699    00 56 00

144 00 88 00 49 00 84 00 84 00 84 00 84 00 56 00 84 00

Construction of Barge Canal — Chun plain Canal — (Can eluded).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

B. G. Hayner... Karl Herzog. . . . J. F. Hickey. . ..

G.    P. Noyes DeWitt Sicklar.. W. H. Sigsworth B. F. Thebo. . . .

H.    C. Tinker....

Gage reader Gage reader Gage reader Gage reader Gage reader Gage reader Gage reader Gage reader

$8 00 per month 5 00 per month 8 00 per month

7    00 per month

8    00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month 7 00 per month

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Office rent.....................

Fuel and light..................

Stationery and printing..........

Postage. .......................

Telephone and telegraph..........

Miscellaneous..................

Incidental Expenses

$110,977 89 $7,903 48 $118,88137

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36

14

35

58

87

21

91

6,093 42

Bureau of Bridges.

Chapter 811, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

William R. Davis.

W. H. Yates. . A. G. Hayden

Total

Chief bridge designer and inspector ......................

Supervising engineer............

(Bridge designer................

!$375 01 per month 333 33 per month j 175 00 per month

$675 57 55 55 75 27

$806 39

$675 57 55 55 75 27

$806 39

Vliet Street Bridge, Cohoes.

Chapter 488, Laws of 1912.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

A. G. Hayden. F. A. Hermans E. G. Semon.. John McBride. John Vaughn..

Bridge designer. . . Bridge designer. . . Bridge designer... Assistant engineer Laborer.........

$175 per month 150 per month 150 per month 5 per day 2 per day

$11 67 50 00 50 00 285 00 114 00

$11 67 50 00 50 00 285 00 114 00

Total

$510 67

$510 67

Building Dikes, Delaware River, at Port Jervis.

Chapter 537, Laws of 1912.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

D. B. La Du.....

R. G. Finch......

J. J. Finn........

Wayland Dickens G. M. Rodger.. .. Harvey Malcolm. Wm. Leffler......

Division engineer. Assistant engineer

Chauffeur.......

Leveler..........

Leveler..........

Chainman.......

Laborer.........

$350 per month 7 00 per day 100 per month 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 00 per day

40 00 ..........

32 00 ..........

to ® 05 to to ^4 O

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Miscellaneous

Incidental Expenses.

$239 20    $239 64    $478 84

$4 60

4 60

Total

$483 44

Construction of Docks at Port of New York.

Chapter 547, Laws of 1912.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

R. G. Finch.......

C. T. Kniskern, Jr.

Total........

Assistant engineer Tracer..........

$7 00 per day 83 33 per month

$28 00.    $44 15

$72 15

7 75

7 75

$28 001    $51 90

$79 90

Minisceongo Bridge Pier.

Chapter 513, Laws of 1910.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

R. G. Finch.. H. J. O’Hara

Assistant engineer ' Rodman.........

$6 00 per day 3 50 per day

$6 00 21 00

$7 94

2 32

$13 94 23 32

Postage

Incidental Expenses

$27 00    $10 26

$37 26

$0 22

22

Total..

$37 48

Improvement of Mohawk River and West Canada Creek.

Chapter 132, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

R. G. Finch.....

H. J. O’Hara. .. N. B. Epstein. .. Edelstein..

J. J. Taney.....

B. Z. Wildenberg J. L. Daley.....

John

Assistant engineer

Rodman.........

Rodman.........

Chainman.......

Chainman.......

Chainman.......

Boatman........

$7 00 per day 4 00 per day 3 50 per day

2    50 per day

3    00 per day

2    50 per day

3    00 per day

$143 00 884 50 73 50 52 50 690 00 52 50 586 00

$123 75 18 $7

$266 75 903 37

17

1 97

1 97

47

47

Office rent.............

Fuel and light.........

Stationery and printing.

Postage...............

Telephone and telegraph Miscellaneous..........

Incidental Expenses.

$2,482 00    $148 53 $2,630 53

$66 50

2 50

75

6 03

I 00

83 37

160 15

Total

$2,790 68

Surveys, Field Notes and Manuscript Maps.

Chapter 199, Laws of 1910; Chapter 511, Laws of 1912.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Engineering draftsman Assistant engineer....

Leveler..............

Rodman.............

Rodman.............

C. D. Burrus_____

Edwin Hilborn..

S. E. Brettheimer W. J.Bissell. ...

J.H. Griffin.....

L.    A. Hequembourg.... Rodman

A. A. Laughlin........Chainman................

Geo. Terwilliger.......Chainman................

W. C. Clark..........Laborer..................

M.    Mahoney..........Laborer..................

Chas. Larkin..........Axeman and office assistant

C. B. Davis...........Boatman.................

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$783 85

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Stationery and printing

Postage..............

Miscellaneous.........

Incidental Expenses.

$10,075 00

$783 851$10,458 85 $0 50 162 66

163 66

Total

$10,622 51

Surveys for State Board of Claims.

Chapter 433, Laws of 1909; Chapter 513, Laws of 1910.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

R. G. Finch......

J. B. Maguire.... Waylana Dickens G. M. Rodger.... E. H. Leggett.... Harvey Malcolm. B. Z. Wildenberg. Wm. Leffier......

Assistant engineer Assistant engineer

Leveler..........

Leveler..........

Rodman.........

Chainman.......

Chainman.......

I Laborer.........

$6 00 per day 6 00 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 3 50 per day; 2 50 per dayj 2 50 per day( 2 00 per day

$12 00    $10 94

24 00 36 00 31 50 7 00 15 00

$22 94

30    93 36 00

31    50

7 mi

15 00

5 00 16 00 j

7, n.)

16 00

Miscellaneous

Incidental Expenses.

$146 50    $17 87

$164 37

$44 91

44 91

Total

$209 28

Examination of Monuments and Maps.

Chapter 513, Laws of 1910.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

O. F. Lewis.... A. G. Chapman

Assistant engineer Chief clerk......

$6 00 per day 3,600 per year

$246 00

$153 22 25 60

$399 22 25 60

Postage......

Miscellaneous

Incidental Expenses.

$246 00    $178 82

$424 82

$0 26 71 77

72 03

Total

$496 85

Topographic Survey.

Chapter 811, Laws of 1911; Chapter 547, Laws of 1912.

In cooperation with United States Geological Survey.

C. R. Allen.......

Gail Blanchard.. . .

Jos. Boushear.....

G. W. Burrell.....

Melvin Company.. P. A. Chamberlain Geo. T. Chilton. . .

C. E. Cooke......

G. C. Curtis......

Moses Douglass. . .

Geo. Farney......

Jerry Filkins......

P. F. Fitzpatrick. . J. I. Gayetty......

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Topographic Survey — (Concluded).

Chapter 811, Laws of 1911; Chapter 517, Laws of 1912.

In cooperation with United States Geological Survey.

W. R. Hamlin.......

E. E. Harris........

E. F. Henderson.....

C. It. Henry........

A. P. Hill...........

E. B. Hill...........

P. Hogan...........

A. J. Kavanagh......

C. B. Kendall........

R. A. Kiger.........

J. H. Le Feaver......

Harvey Malcolm. . . .

J. F. McBeth.......

R. L. McCammon, Jr Walter McCrea......

G.    H. McKinney. . . . R. C. McKinney. . . . J. B. Metcalfe, Jr....

E. D. Monroe.......

W. II. S. Morey.....

W. J. Morrow.......

Geo. O’Connor......

E.    W. Paul.........

L. Pepin............

Pepin and Mouso....

J.    M. Perkins.......

Roscoe Reeves......

Wm. Richardson, Jr.

K.    E. Schlachter. . . .

H.    S. Senseney......

F.    L. Shalibo........

T. F. Slaughter......

Olinus Smith........

J.    F. Swan..........

K.    W. Trimble......

J. M. Whitman, Jr. . E. E. Witherspoon...

$454 00 85 00 187 00

212

67

74 00

316

188

50

436

278

587

145

119

700

219

301

166

297

227

381

990

121

26

33

124

11

218

272

183

154

50

65

11

85

00

91

83

00

00

00

93

33

83

00

25

on

00

00

50

67

00

00

520 40

161

582

50

65

90 68 70 00

454

00

1,242 59 435 18

Total

$12,732 38

Hydrographic Survey.

Chapter 811, Laws of 1911; Chapter 547, Laws of 1912.

In cooperation with United States Geological Survey.

C. C. Covert............

Lester Allen.............

W. O. Birdsall..........

G. H. Canfield..........

W. E. Coe..............

C.    S. DeGolyer..........

O. W. Hartwell..........

W. A. James............

A. Leschen Sons Rope Co

Geo. J. Lyon............

M. J. Maguire..........

J. G. Mathers...........

Alexander McMillian.....

D.    L. Orcutt............

Mrs. C. S. Rolles........

Mrs. Vashti Russell.....

Lester Sevarie...........

Frank Weber............

Frank Zock.............

West Side Structural Co..

$358 41 36 00 65 00 50 64 36 00 225 93

26    15 412 78

45 96 75 03 92 24 16 83 81 89

28    93

29    87 36 00

27    00 203 35

34 67 19 08

Total

$1,901 76

Summary.

The foregoing tables are summarized as follows:

Ordinary Repairs to Canals.

1.    Erie canal, chapter 810, Laws of 1911......

2.    Champlain canal, chapter 810, Laws of 1911

$7,289 81 4,710 19

Construction of Barge Canal.

Head office account, chapter 147, Laws of 1903; chapter 82, Laws of 1912....

Erie canal, chapter 147, Laws of 1903; chapter 82, Laws of 1912............

5. Champlain canal, chapter 147, Laws of 1903; chapter 82, Laws of 1912......

3.

306,222 72 214,103 45 124,974 79

Bureau of Bridges.

6. Bureau of bridges, chapter 811, Laws of 1911...........

806 39

Special Work.

7.    Vliet St. bridge, Cohoes, chapter 488, Laws of 1912.......................

8.    Building dikes, Delaware river, at Port Jervis, chapter 537, Laws of 1912....

9.    Construction of docks at port of New York, chapter 547, Laws of 1912......

10.    Minisceongo bridge pier, chapter 513, Laws of 1910.......................

11.    Improvement of Mohawk river and West Canada creek, chapter 132, Laws of

1911...............................................................

510 67 483 44 79 90 37 48

2,790 68

Special Surveys.

12.    Surveys, field notes and manuscript maps, chapter 199, Laws of 1910; chapter

511, Laws of 1912...................................................

13.    Surveys for State Board of Claims, chapter 433, Laws of 1909; chapter 513,

of monuments and maps, chanter 513, Laws of 1910.. . . chapter 811, Laws of 1911; chapter 547, Laws of

10,622 51

Laws of 1910

14.    Examination

15.    Topographic

1912.. .

16. Hydrographic survey, chapter 811, Laws of 1911; chapter 547, Laws of 1912..

survey,

209 28 496 85 12,732 .'8 1,901 76

Total

$687,972 30

Table of Contracts Completed on The Eastern Division during the Fiscal Year Ended

September 30, 1912.

Spedal Work.

Final

payment.

Contract

price.

Engineer’s

pre

liminary

estimate.

Appro

pria

tion.

Act.

Year.

Chap.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

$4,731 03

00 981‘IS

$4,461 00

00 000'9S

1910

513

Reconstruction of the center pier (protection pier) of the draw bridge over Minisceongo creek, Rockland county....................

Construction of Barge Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

Final

payment.

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

Character of work.

$628 60 1,378,956 17

140.222    45 46,800 00

946,167 98

517.222    70

$723 60 1,481,691 75

149,252 81

46,800 00 1,024,281 85 518,828 96

$533 00 1,380,760 00

137,155 36

72,000 00

1,175,623 00

778,960 00

Contract No. 14-R, Erie canal — Removing bodies from] cemeteries located within flood limits of contract No. 14. . Contract No. 15, Champlain canal — Whitehall to Comstock. Contract No. 33, Erie and Champlain canals — Lock-gates,

etc., on contracts Nos. 2, 11, 15.......................

Contract No. 36, Erie canal — Operating winches for movable dams in Mohawk river..........................

Contract No. 68, Champlain canal —- Locks at Mechanic-

ville, Stillwater and Northumberland..................

Contract No. 73, Champlain canal —■ Hudson river, Stillwater to Northumberland............................

April 28, 1911

Date of contract.

Nov. 28, 1911

Aug. 9, 1906 Jan. 7, 1910

May 25, 1910

Nov. 23, 1908

May 26, 1910

E. S. Sickles

CONTRACTOR.

Thomas F. Riley..........

Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co Penn Bridge Co...........

J. D. Miller.

Shanley-Morrissey, Inc E. M. Graves.........

r—

nd

U1

Value of work done

to

September 30, 1912.

Table of Contracts Pending on the Eastern Division, September 30, 1912.

Special Work.

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

Engineer’s

pre

liminary

estimate.

Appro

pria

tion.

Act.

Year.

Chap.

$69,430 00 $40, 230 00 5,710 50    4,090 00

Value of work done to Sept. 30, 1912.

$474,400 00 694,390 00 274,610 00

633,290 00

920,420 00

1,190,440 00 9,930 00

2,525,460 00

74,690 00 57,560 00 744,290 00 299,420 00

459,710 00

594,190 00

276,880 00

19,510 00

1,525,560 00

378,650 00

211,370 00

451,110 00 1,523,150 00 744,040 00

194,150 00

210,850 00 236,240 00

$66,500 00 5,130 00

$75,000 00 7,000 00

1911

1912

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

$580,423 57 990,075 56 307,022 57 657,273 09

$619,846 00 1,022,640 00 263,189 40

760.576 00

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

1,516,788 98

1,518,382 00

799,399 10

1,333,198 80 10,171 00

888,363 00

1,671,385 00 12,303 50

2,985,224 72

92,955 88 842,417 68 812,286 46 490,837 30

1,032,210 20

585,720 00 2,685,477 40 44,368 00 1,707,191 80 723,268 01 486,464 25

2,875,570 00

70,718 90 / 883,926 00 1 836,220 76 499,000 00

848,540 00

570,600 00

2,260,000 00

46,692 00

1,849,831 00

998,920 00

409,455 00

691,250 36 2,660,460 87 831,302 28

812,350 00 2,650,500 00 813,800 00

251,370 10 319,956 20

240,208 45

779,036 50

232,908 00 317,638 00 270,675 00 749,300 00

1321

488

The improvement of the channel and banks of the Mohawk river and West Canada creek at

Herkimer..................................

Constructing a highway bridge over the Erie canal at Vliet street, Cohoes................

Construction of Barge Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory law^s.

Character of work.

Contract No. 1, Champlain canal — Hudson river, Northumberland to Fort Miller and Crocker’s Reef to Fort

Edward............................................

Contract No. 2, Erie canal — Through Waterford to contract No. 11........................................

Contract No. 2-E, Erie canal — Through Waterford to contract No. 11........................................

Contract No. 3, Champlain canal — Fort Miller to Crocker’s Reef...............................................

Contract No. 8, Erie canal — Dams and locks at Scotia,

Rotterdam and Cranesville...........................

Contract No. 8-A, Erie canal — Lock No. 8 and substructure of dam No. 4 at Scotia, and completion of locks and

dams at Rotterdam and Cranesville....................

Contract No. 11, Erie canal — From contract No. 2 to Mohawk river......._...................................

Contract No. 13, Erie canal — Bridges on contract No. 18. . Contract No. 14, Erie canal — Mohawk river, Crescent to Rexford Flats aqueduct; dams at Crescent and Minden-ville; dams and locks at Vischer’s Ferry, Canajoharie,

Y osts and Fort Plain................................

Contract No. 16, Eric and Champlain canals — Bridges on

contracts Nos. 11, 25 and 27..........................

\ Contract No. 17, Erie canal — Dams and locks at Amster-

/ dam and T ribes Hill................................

Contract No. 20-A, Eric canal—-Little Falls to Castle creek Contract No. 20-B, Erie canal — Mohawk river, Minden-

ville to Canajoharie................................

Contract No. 20-C, Erie canal — Mohawk river, Canajoharie to Yosts...... . .................................

Contract No. 20-D, Erie canal — Mohawk river, Yosts to

Rexford Flats.......................................

Contract No. 24, Champlain canal — Guard-gate at Crocker’s Reef...........................................

Contract No. 25, Champlain canal — Comstock to Dunham’s Basin........................................

Contract No. 27, Champlain canal — Dunham’s Basin to

Fort Edward.....................................

Contract No. 27-A, Champlain canal — Dunham’s Basin to Fort Edward.....................................

Contract No. 29, Eric canal — Sterling creek to Ilerkimer-

Oneida county line..................................

Contract No. 30, Erie canal — Mohawk river, Little Falls to

Sterling creek.......................................

Contract No. 31, Erie canal — Through Little Falls; Rocky Rift dam...........................................

Contract No. 54, Champlain canal — Lock No. 7 at Fort

Edward............................................

Contract No. 56, Champlain canal — Improvement of Glens

Falls feeder.. . ......................................

Contract No. 69, Champlain canal — Lock at lower Me-

chanicville..........................................I

Contract No. 70, Champlain canal — Hudson river, Waterford to lock No. 1...................................!

t Rclet to complete former contracts.

Oct. 21, 1911

July 23, 1912

Date of contract.

April 18, 1905

April 3, 1905 Dec. 8, 1909 April 4, 1905

May 22, 1906 July 6, 1912

May 21, 1906

Nov. 7, 1908 Sept. 10, 1907

Dec. 20, 1906

Dec. 29, 1906 Mar. 3, 1908 Aug. 20, 1909 Aug. 2, 1909

Aug. 18, 1909

Aug. 18, 1909

Nov. 1, 1911

Nov. 19, 1906

Nov. 23, 1906

Dec. 1, 1910

April 3, 1909 July 16, 1909 Sept. 2, 1908

Dec. 13, 1909 Sept. 26, 1912 Dec. 11, 1909

Jan. 11, 1910

Lathrop, Shea & Henwood Co. . . .

Aldrich & Hall, Inc

CONTRACTOR.

Empire Engineering Corporation. . .

Ferguson Contracting Co.*

Holler & Shepardf.......

Sundstrom & Stratton. . . .

Pittsburg-Eastern Co.*. . . . The Foundation Companyt

Fort Orange Construction Company.

Penn Bridge Company............

Acme Engineering & Contracting Co

United Construction Co...........

The Scofield Company*...........

Alexander Murdoch!.............

Houston Barnard................

S. Pearson & Son, Inc............

American Pipe & Construction Co.. .

American Pipe & Construction Co..

Kingsbury Construction Company..

Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company..

Kinser Construction Co*..........

Holler & Shepardf................

Maryland Dredging & Contracting

Co

Acme Engineering & Contracting Co

Casey & Murray.................

The Hunkin-Conkey Construction

Co

Flood & Van Wirt Company

I. A. Hodge & Co., Inc.....

. Shanley-Morrissey, Inc.*.....

* Suspended by order of the Canal Board.

(Concluded).

Value of work done to Sept. 30, 1912.

$821,960 00 618,900 00 4,940 00 7,280 00

87,940 00 20,080 00

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

Table of Contracts Pending on the Eastern Division, September 30, 1912

Construction of Barge Canal— (Concluded).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

$1,561,119 00 1,221,111 75 43,440 00 29,642 00

92,311 53

44,985 50

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

$1,502,100 00 1,439,733 00 41,871 00 23,553 00

94,093 65 44,600 00

Contract No. 71, Champlain canal — Hudson river, lock No.

1 to lower Mechanicville.............................

Contract No. 72, Champlain canal — Hudson river, lower

Mechanicville to Stillwater...........................

Contract No. 86, Erie canal — Reconstruction of a portion

of bridge at Canajoharie..............................

Contract No. 88, Champlain canal — Reconstruction of a

portion of bridge at Schuylerville......................

Contract No. 90, Champlain canal — Power-supply and operating equipment at Smiths Basin, Comstock and

Whitehall locks.....................................

Contract No. 91, Erie canal — Hydro-electric power-plant at Crescent dam.....................................

Jan. 11, 1910 Dec. 14, 1909 Sept. 23, 1911 Nov. 4, 1911 April 12, 1910

Jan. 5, 1911

Shanley-Morrissey, Inc.*......: . . .

Shanley-Morrissey, Inc.*..........

Lathrop, Shea & Henwood Co.....

Lathrop, Shea & Henwood Co.....

D’Olier Engineering Corporation. . .

The Hollington Company

* Suspended by order of the Canal Board.

REPORT

OF THE

DIVISION ENGINEER

OF THE

MIDDLE DIVISION

For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912

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MIDDLE DIVISION.

State of Xe\v York,

Department of State Engineer and Surveyor,

Middle Division.

Syracuse, N. Y., October 1, 1012.

Hon. John A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor, Albany,

N. Y.:

Sir.— I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report as Division Engineer of the Middle Division, Hew York State Canals, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.

Navigation on the Erie canal was closed through the city of Syracuse from July 11 to 30, a period of 19 days, due to a break in the culvert at the crossing of Geddes brook just east of lock No. 50.

On the Black River canal a leak through the embankment across the ravine just above Delta dam necessitated drawing the water from the level on June 23. Repairs were made and navigation resumed June 30. Again on August 5, a leak occurred through the embankment at the lower end of the new aqueduct over the Black river below Delta dam. Repairs were made and navigation was resumed on August 8.

The Oswego canal was closed from lock No. 11, below Fulton, to Lake Ontario, to and including July 10, 1912, by the Superintendent of Public Works, under authority of Chapter 282, Laws of 1912. On April 1, 1912, the westerly third of High dam failed. The damage to the structure was so great that it was deemed inadvisable to make repairs. For this reason the lower end of the Oswego canal has been closed the entire season.

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SPECIAL LEGISLATION.

Construction of a Lift Bridge Over tiie Erie Canal at Franklin Street, Syracuse.

(Chapters 453 and 527 of Laws of 1909 and 1910.)

The work was let to the Steel Storage and Elevator Construction Company of Buffalo, and later assigned to Charles B. Foster. Engineer in charge, first year, L. D. Brownell.

Engineer in charge, second year, R. K. Sheldon.

$43,131 74 38,245 75 37,112 37

Engineer’s estimate...................

Contractor’s bid......................

Final account, rendered September 23, 1912

Improvement of Weigh Lock Building, Syracuse. (Chapter 524, Laws of 1910.)

Contractor, The 0. M. Edwards Company.

Engineer in charge, Carl F. Hopstein.

$9,817 40 9,231 50 11,673 96

Engineer’s estimate.................

Contractor’s bid....................

Final account, rendered August 23, 1912

Construction of Highway Bridge Over the Black River Canal at East Dominick Street, Rome.

(Chapter 877, Law's of 1912.)

Contractor, Lupfer & Remick. Engineer in charge, A. W. Smith.

$22,790 50 19,874 00 230 00

Engineer’s estimate..............

Contractor's hid.................

Work done to date................

Chapter 510, Laws of 1912, provided for the construction of a reinforced concrete bridge over the Black River canal at Lyons Falls. A preliminary survey has been made for the purpose of preparing plans and an estimate of cost. Owing to an error in the wording of the bill, nothing further has been done.

Chapter 53, Laws of 1912, provides for the construction of a

new bridge over the Black River canal at Main street in the village of Boonville. Preliminary surveys have been made for this work.

BOARD OF CLAIMS.

Besides the work usually required by the Superintendent of Public Works in connection with ordinary repairs, many surveys have been made of property alleged to have been damaged by the State, and the data properly arranged for the use of the Board.

BLACK RIVER SURVEY.

(Chapter 11)0, Laws of 1911.)

The act provides for a survey, plans and estimate of cost, for a canal from Carthage to Sacketts Harbor.

Mr. Louis A. Burns, of Watertown, N. Y., was placed in charge, and started work on the surveys, August 1, 1911, and completed the work, April 10, 1912.

BLUE LIKE SURVEY.

(Chapter 199, Laws of 1910.)

An act to provide for mapping of certain canal lands, and the lands adjacent thereto, belonging to the State.

The work on the Middle Division was assigned to Assistant Engineer E. C. Olcott. The necessary surveys to establish the old “ red and blue lines ” have been completed from Liverpool to lock Ko. 7 on the Oswego canal, a distance of about 16.5 miles, and from Cold Spring bridge over the Seneca river below the mouth of Onondaga lake outlet to the float bridge just below Baldwinsville, a distance of about 4.5 miles, or a total of about 21 miles.

The office work, including the necessary computations, mapping and tracing, have been completed from Mud lock, at the foot of Onondaga lake, to Hinmanville, below Phoenix, a distance of about 12.5 miles, and from Cold Spring bridge to Float bridge, as above, a distance of about 4.5 miles, or a total of about 17 miles.

The work was discontinued on October 39, 1912, for lack of funds. The work so far done on this Division is marked only with wooden markers. The work should be continued and permanent monuments placed. This should be done in the early future.

BARGE CANAL.

The Middle Division of the Barge canal extends from the east line of Oneida comity to the south line of Wayne county, a distance of, including Oneida and Cross lakes, 107.4 miles. It also includes the Oswego branch, extending from Three Rivers to Oswego, about 25 miles, the Cayuga and Seneca branch, extending from Montezuma aqueduct to Seneca lake at Geneva, about 22 miles, and the territory covered by the Delta and Hinckley reservoirs in Oneida and Herkimer counties.

The main line of the Erie Barge canal is divided into four sections, viz., Residencies Nos. 4-A, 5, 0 and 7.

Residency No. 4-A extends from Oneida county line to Oriskany road, a distance of 8.9(5 miles, and on this Division comprises contract No. 42. Earl Talbot is in charge, with headquarters at Etica,

Residency No. 5 extends from Oriskany road bridge to Oneida lake, a- distance of about 22.25 miles, and comprises contracts Nos. 43, 44 and 4. Daniel B. Donovan is engineer in charge, with headquarters at Rome.

Residency No. 6 extends from deep water in Oneida lake to Baldwinsville, a distance of about 23.4 miles, and includes contracts No. 45, 57, 90, 101 and a portion of contracts Nos. 12, 13 and 22. D. C. Wedgeworth is engineer in charge, with headquarters at Syracuse.

E. J.

Residency No. 7 extends from Baldwinsville to Wayne county line, a distance of about 32.7 miles, and includes contracts Nos. 5-A, 46, 22-A and parts of contracts Nos. 42 and 22.

Berry is engineer in charge, with headquarters at Syracuse.

Residency No. 1, Oswego, extends from Three River Point to Fulton, a distance of about 13 miles, and includes contracts Nos. 10, 10-A, 10-B, 33, 39, 53, 78, 80, 85, 90, 90-A, 104, highways adjacent to contract No. 78 and Ox creek highways. T. M. Ripley is engineer in charge, with headquarters at Fulton.

Residency No. 2, Oswego, extends from Fulton to Oswego, a distance of about 10.58 miles. It comprises contracts Nos. 35, 37 and 79 and parts of contracts Nos. 90 and 90-A. James Burden is engineer in charge with headquarters at Oswego.

Middle Division : Barge Canal.

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Water-Supply Besitlency comprises contracts Nos. 50, 51, 55 and 55-It; also highways adjacent to Delta reservoir. L. C. TIul-burd, with office at Home, was in charge of the residency until July, 1912, when it was divided and contract No. 51 was placed in charge of II. J. Morrison, with headquarters at Hinckley.

The Cayuga and Seneca Barge canal is divided into two residencies.

Seneca Falls Residency is in charge of L. S. Hulburd, with headquarters at Seneca Falls. It includes contract A and parts of contracts B, C, D and H.

Waterloo Residency is in charge of A. E. Steere, with headquarters at Waterloo. It includes contracts E and I and part of

B.

I’he reports of the residency engineers on the division, which are appended, give in detail the work accomplished on the several contracts. Following these reports will be found tables giving the name, rank and salary of all the employees on the division. 'Tables showing in figures the status of each contract are also appended.

With the exception of three contracts on the Cayuga and Seneca canal and a few contracts for bridge construction and installation of operating machinery for some of the locks and other structures, the entire length of the canal across the division is under construction, as will be seen by an appended table, and some of the contracts are well toward completion.

I believe that in three years’ time the canal work on the division will be practically completed and the canal ready for navigation.

The past year has seen the largest amount of work done since the beginning of Barge canal construction. The total for the year’s work is $3,528,8-35, and the percentage of work done during the year is 15.fi. The total amount of work done since the commencement. of Barge canal construction is $12,329,752, and the percentage 54.7.

Table “A,” appended, will show more fully than the above statement the status of the progress of the contracts.

In conclusion, 1 desire to commend to you for efficient and faithful service the entire engineering force of the division, and

thank you and Mr. Kastl, the Special Deputy, for the consideration and help you have given me in our efforts to carry on the work of the division.

Respectfully submitted,

EDWIN STYRING,

Division Engineer.

TABLE “A.”

Progress on Contracts, Barge Canal, Middle Division.

Erie and Oswego Canals.

4-B

5-A

10

10-A 10-B

12

13

22

22-A

33

35

37

CONTRACT NO.

Contract price, affected by alterations.

Total

amount of Work done work done to during the year.

October 1, 1912.

Per cent of work done to October 1, 1912.

Per cent of work done during the year.

Road A Road B

39

42

43

44

45

46

50

51

53

55

55-R................._■

Highways on contract 55

57

78

Highway on contract 78

80

85

90-A

101

104..............

Ox creek highways

$726,708 1,351 156,941 317,597 44,408 1,111,965 174,514 487,545 3,558,146 28,126 127,521 27,099 30,918 760,917 2,462,609 4,629 93,020 1,048,674 1,047,366 1,421,551 1,760,913 472,802 1,305,930 971,769 397,093 167,585 945,840 7,561 46,387 93,596 49,026 15,420 37,480 117,391 13,173 84,010 64,020 40,640 39,370 73,353

$720,073 1,333 125,820 • 239,990 41,797 668,360 88,600 76,240 2,598,510 20,180 40,500

24,891

641,250

1,137,930

680

70,350

230.720 478,670 301,340 922,270 418,652

734.720 233,890 149,630 164,576 883,350

7,526 45,315

50,068

16,734

33.980

110,886

12,010

80.981

980

3,300

■VHI

3,560

$1,333

230,990

88,600

76,240

477,680

Finished

Finished

80.2

75.5

Finished

60.1

50.8

14.8

Finished

75.5

25,540

207,440

530,090

680

70,350 100,120 37,400 214,380 335,200

128.760

157.760 92,980

r

67,550 7,526 19,625

I)

3,708

7,643

13,030

56,670

11,510

32,790

980

3,300

590

3,560

Cayuga and Seneca, Canal.

$208,680 740,820

$376,233

1,436,597

216,510

215,639

$126,230 391,220

73

71.7

31.8

84.

46.

14.

75.

22

45.

21.

52

56.2 24

37.7

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

0

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

91.3

96.4 1.5 8.1 1.5 4.9

55.5

51.5

50.8

14.8 13.4

20

27.2

17.4

14.7

75.0

9.6

35 7 15.2

19

9.85

10.4

23.4

7.1

Finished

42.5

7.5

35.8

34.8 48.2 87.5

■ IN

1.5

8.1

1.5

4.9

33.6

27.2

Totals

$22,580,015

$12,329,752

$3,528,835

54.7

15.6

APPENDED REPORTS—MIDDLE DIVISION.

Resident Engineers’ Reports on Barge Canal Construction.

Erie Canal, Residency No. 4—A.

Resident Engineer Earl Talbot reports:

Contract No. 42.

This contract extends from the Oneida-Herkimer county line to Oriskany road, a distance of 8.96 miles.

The work was originally let to Shanley-Morrissey, Incorporated. The original contract has been cancelled, blit the work is to be relet soon on new plans covering the work remaining to be done.

Charles R. Chase is Assistant Engineer in charge of the engineering on this contract, with office attached to the residency in Utica. The Wliitesboro office was moved to Utica in August, 4912.

Work on this contract was begun by Shanley-Morrissey, Incorporated, in the latter part of July, 1909, and was continued by them during the remainder of that year, 1910, and in 1911. A small amount of work was undertaken by the contractors in 1912, but all operations on the contract were stopped early in March and the plant was closed down, with the exception of the watchman left in charge. This action led to the suspension of the contract by resolution of the (’anal Board on May 8, 1912, and further negotiations resulted in the cancellation of contract No. 42 by resolution of tbe Canal Board on July 18, 1912, the contractors being unable to proceed with the work.

During that portion of the current year in which the contracting operations were under way no work was done upon that portion of the canal lying west of Carey road.

Very little work has been accomplished during the year at the dive culverts.

The superstructure of Park avenue bridge was placed by subcontractor on work extending into the spring of .1912. The reinforced concrete boor of the bridge lias not been placed.

The stream entrance at Real’s creek was completed, as was also that at Schuyler street.

A large amount of material was hauled for the substructure of .North Genesee street bridge, but no work was done at this point.

Practically no work is done between North Genesee street and Schuyler road, except some trimming of banks.

One of the drag-line revolving excavators was taken to the site of the river-straightening work south of St.a. 5585, having been taken acrossi the Mohawk river at about that station with considerable difficulty. This machine has excavated practically all of the south half of the river-straightening channel, leaving only enough material in place to keep the river out. This machine was in operation when the work shut down in March.

The 12-inch suction dredge was taken back from the prism and lock approach excavation, and placed behind the coffer-dam just east of the approach to lock No. 20 and used as the pumping unit for unwatering the lock site. After the installation of the dredge, steam-shovel work was undertaken, going west through the lower lock approach. At the same time foundation piles were driven under the approach wall on the south side and some foundation piles under the lower approach wall on the north side.

About 600 feet of foundation and 400 feet of guide wall have been concreted, beginning with the western end of the south upper guide wall.

'Considerable plant was installed at the Jock, preparatory to further concreting.

The engineering force lias been actively engaged in getting out plans, specihcations and estimate for contract Ro. 42-A, which is now ready to be submitted to the Canal Board for approval. In addition to this, a great deal of work has been done upon the final estimate of contract Ho. 42.

The following table shows the percentage of work done from

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Boat devised for trimming prism banks to proper slope

October 1, 1911, to March 12, 1912, and the total amount of work done to date upon the various contract items:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,

as affected Work done by alterations during year. Nos. 1 to 6 and 8.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

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Clearing..............................acres

Grubbing..........................cu. yds.

Excavation.........................cu. yds. 2,736,520

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M. 279,000

cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds.

37,120

81,708

5,900

14.52

Embankment

Lining.......

Puddle.....

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir,

643,100

3,856

320

715

27,483

1,884,991

61,720

277,371

'242

Structural steel...........

Metal reinforcement......

Wrought iron............

Steel castings............

Wooden pavement........

Wood block pavement.....

Wooden fence............

Iron pipe railing..........

Lattice railing............

Metal in lock-gates.......

Metal in buffer-beams.....

Metal in lock-valves......

Maintaining highway traffic Bailing and draining.......

ft.B.M. 8,500 11,000 54,000 8,500

115,920    12,728

786,200    10,530

35,014    1,589.1

2,204

6,090

0.4

15 7

1 63

31,636

453,620

3,326.3

2J2.5

4.89

2,643 2,345

lbs.    1,320,000    248,464

lbs.    265,900

lbs.    2,270

lbs.    15,660

sq. yds. sq. yds. din. ft. din. ft. din. ft.

...lbs.    220,000

... dbs.    85,000

...lbs.    34,000

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1,375

4,535

600

760

770

424

51.8

74.2

69

22

43 1

6.27

71.7

27.3

57.7

9.5

12.9

31

560,566

30,244

791.4

600

424

lump sum lump sum!

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4%

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42.5

11.4

97.7

13.2

55

12.5

Percentage of total work done to date = 45.7 per cent.

Erie Canal, Residency No. 5.

Acting Resident Engineer Daniel B. Donovan reports:

Contract No. 43.

This contract extends from the Oriskany road on the east to about 1,500 feet west of Mini creek, a distance of 10.32 miles. This contract was awarded to T he M. A. Talbott Company on October 15, 1909, for $1,320,560 and has since been increased by alterations to $1,421,550.90.

The construction of this section of the canal has also necessitated the relocation of the main line of the New York Central Yol. I — 0

railroad about a mile southerly of its present location and crossing overhead the Utica k Mohawk Valley Electric railway, tin Xew York, Ontario k Western railroad, several streets and the Mohawk river, on concrete arches and steel bridges, the change being about 314 miles in length and requiring 1,600,000 cubic yards of embankment, of which 000,000 cubic yards has been completed, and 20,200 cubic yards of concrete constructed. The double arch over the Mohawk river spillway, the double arch for the Utica k Mohawk Valley Electric Railway and Mill street, the Erie canal, Lawrence and James street arches, and also the bridge over the Xew York, Ontario k Western railroad have been completed. The Xew York, Ontario k Western railroad has been relocated, new buildings constructed, and a bridge across the Barge canal for this railroad completed. The Utica & Mohawk Valley Electric railway has been relocated and a bridge across the Barge canal for this railway has been constructed. Work is now progressing on the relocation of over a mile of the Rome, Water-town k Ogdensburg division of the Xew York Central railroad, the concrete arch over the Muck road being completed and the bridge over the Barge canal being in course of construction.

bankment. per month.

The hydraulic dredge Stanwix has worked from Mill street westwardly to the west crossing of the Xew York Central railroad, also excavating a wide-water or turning basin some 250 feet in width and 2,000 feet in length on the south side of the canal between Lawrence and James streets, the excavated material from the prism and wide-water being placed in the Xew York Central railroad embankment. The diking for the dredge and the rehandling of material are being done by three Lidgerwood dragline excavators. About 787,000 cubic yards have been excavated by the dredge. There has also been constructed and placed in

The construction of the Barge canal has also progressed rapidly ■n this contract. Early in the year the contractor erected a double-cableway drag-line excavator at the east end of the contract near Oriskany. This machine is the first of its kind to have been operated in this country and has done excellent work in excavating the canal, sloping the banks and in constructing emit will excavate approximately 50,000 cubic yards

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operation a sloping boat, used in connection with the dredge for sloping the banks of the canal.

The steel superstructures of the highway bridges at Oriskany over the Barge canal and river channel, the Mill Street bridge superstructure at Borne and the Nine-Mile creek spillway and sluiceway have been completed and the contractor has erected plant for the construction of the east guard-gate and spillway, also the west guard-gate, junction lock and retention dam at Borne.

The following table shows the percentage of work done on each item of the contract, percentage done during the year and the whole amount of work done to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

JSS& rorkdone

by altera- during year, tions.

Total work done to date.

Per cent, of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Clearing.............

Excavation..........

Sheeting and bracing. Forming embankment Foundation piles.....

... .acres! .cu. yds. | ft. B. M.l . cu. yds.

... lin. ft.

Wooden sheet-piling................ft. B. M.

Second-class concrete......

Reinforced concrete.......

Structural steel...........

Metal reinforcement......

Wrought iron............

Maintaining highway traffic

Coffer-dams, etc..........

Stone curbs...............

Creosoted lumber.........

Wooden pavement........

Lattice railing............

cu. yds

cu. y

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lbs.

II-

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lump sum lump sum .. .lin. ft. ft. B. M. . .sq. yds. .. .lin. ft.

209

377

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915,112

972

61,118

1,512

3,672

1,170

3.48

7.78

•2 7

$8,000

$12,000

559,300

3,497

1,318

$6,080

$1,920

680

’492

1,258,484

23,100

01,118

13,427

104,112

3,827

559,300

3,497

1,318

$6,080

$1,920

23.8

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20.2

27.0

17.1

2.3

95

3.7

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70

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72-. 3

10

22,600

21,040

21.040

4SS

192

407

187

’407

187

93.1

95.7

97.4

72.3

93 1

95.7

97.4

Cost of work done to date = $301,340.

Cost of work done during year = $214,380.

Total of all work done during year =15.1 per cent of estimated cost. Total of all work done to date = 21.2 per cent of estimated cost. Contract price, including alterations = $1,421,550,90.

Contract No. 44.

This contract extends from contract No. 43, 1,500 feet west of Mud creek, to the east end of contract No. 4, a distance of 7.S miles, and was awarded on January 28, 1910, to Scott Bros, for $1,748,679, and lias been increased by alterations Nos. 1 to 7 to $1,760,913.

On this contract the Erie canal at New London divides the excavation into two parts. East of the canal crossing the contractors have had in operation three steam-shovels, two with narrow gage track outfit and one with incline tipple. West of tlie canal they employed two tower scrapers and a steam-shovel, also several derricks have been used for excavation in the locks.

East of the Erie canal there has been removed 320,724 cubic yards during the year and there remain 315,276 cubic yards to be removed. West of the Erie canal 474,996 cubic yards have been removed and there remain 425,004 cubic yards, including the locks and junction lock.

At Stony brook entrance and spillway no work has as yet been done.

At the junction lock about 1,800 cubic yards of concrete have been placed in the south lock wall.

No work has been done at the New London road bridge during the past year.

near Sta. 6550 have been com-At lock No.

The spillway and dive culvert pleted, and also the ditch entrance to the culvert.

Steel gates and

21 nearly all of the concrete has been placed with the exception of a small part of the lower approach wall, buffer-beams are now being erected. This lock has a lift, of 25 feet. At lock No. 22 the greater part of the excavation for the lock proper has been completed and about 8,000 cubic yards of concrete have been placed in the north and south wnlls.

The following table shows the amounts and percentages of work done during the year and to date:

ITKMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate    Work (lone

by"    during year,

tions.

Total work done to date.

P, t cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

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121,846    438,524

7,958 55,056 37,525 76,976

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28 4

9.5

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151

187

61

2.8

3.4

7.6

1,038

6,148

40,824

24,498

72

537

1.65

48,599

31,629

4.185

’339

5,016

35,886

135

932,641

43,767

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Construction of lock No. 22, near New London, where the soil is chiefly sand

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Stream entrance paving and prism excavation in soft material.

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

as

by alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Iron castings, machined. . .

Wooden pavement........

Metal in lock-gates.......

Meta! in buffer-beams.....

Metal in lock-valves......

Maintaining highway traffic

Coffer-dams, etc..................lump sum

Excavation and embankment in lieu of sheeting and bracing....................'

......lbs.    67,000

. .sq. yds.

......lbs.    705,000

......lbs.    260,000

......lbs.    147,000

lumpsum $1,500

$21,000

lumpsum $31,385.40    $18,831.24

700

23,091

71,770

31,900

23,242

$5,880

135

$675

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66.9

94.6

10.2

12.3

15.8

65

69

60

Total of all work done during year = 19 per cent of estimated cost.

Total of all work done to date = 52.4 per cent of estimated cost.

Contract price, including alterations Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 = $1,760,913.35. Cost of work done to date = $922,270.

Cost of work done during year = $335,200.

Contract No. 4.

This contract extends from the west end of contract No. 44 to deep water in Oneida lake and was practically completed something like two years ago. A concrete apron, however, was placed on the Wood creek dam during the year.

Contract No. 4-B.

This contract was for the construction of a culvert under the highway bridge at Burdick’s road near the eastern end of contract No. 4 and was completed a year ago.

Erie Canal, Residency No. 6.

Resident Engineer I). C. Wedgeworth reports:

Contract No. 12.

This contract was let to the Stewart-Kerbaugh-Shanley Co. of New York city on September 23, 1007. An assignment to James Stewart & Co. was approved by the State Engineer on August 25.

1910.

The total length of this contract is 43.7 miles, extending from deep water in Oneida lake to Mosquito Point bridge over the Seneca river. Of this distance 22.5 miles is in Residency No. 5 and the remainder in Residency No. 7.

The close of the year of 1911 found the prism excavation from Three Rivers, Sta. 3290, to Baldwinsville nearly completed.

Dredges were kept at work over when they were moved to Baldwinsville for repairs and laid up for the winter.

this section until December 22,

carried far enough to allow the laying of the bottom and foundations of the side walls of

At lock No. 23 the excavation was

the lock, and the work left for the winter about the middle of December. The winter was spent in overhauling machinery and making repairs.

During April, 1912, work was begun at lock No. 23, some time being required to pump out and clean up the site before beginning the season’s work.

on as

are

Concrete work was soon under way and has been carried rapidly as possible. The lock proper is finished. The gates hung and backfilling and embankment nearly completed.

With the opening of spring attention was again given to the prism excavation along the Oneida river and its cut-offs, on which no work had been done for sometime. Early in May three dredges were at work between Three Rivers and Oak Orchard. These dredges have worked nearly the whole season on this section and the work is practically completed. On July 2, the ladder dredge, which has lain for two’ seasons in Brewerton cut, was started, doing all the work possible before the lock is finished, . when the cut will be finished, letting the water down against the gates.

The season’s work has been pushed with vigor, with the results as shown in the accompanying table, which is for the whole contract, including sections in both Residencies Nos. 6 and 7.

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations Nos. 1, 3,4. 6, 7, 8,10 and 11.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

lump sum .    .cu. yds.

All excavation, division No. 1.....cu. yds.

excavation, division No. 2.....cu. yds.

All excavation, division No. 3.....cu. yds.

All excavation, division No. 4.....cu. yds.

Sheeting and bracing............ft. B. M.

Forming embankment............cu.    yds.

Lining..........................cu.    yds.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir, ft. B. M.

Clearing.

Grubbing

AM

38,800

12,120

1,100,000

700,000

2,453,400

3,383,700

119,000

131.000

1,330

539,300

$114.40

149,892

151,217

703,083

18

16,125

$4,716.80

8,036

1,050,131

615,016

1,686,106

1,916,262

28,000

66,631

400

36,000

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ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate.

as affected Work done by alterations during year. N03. 1,3 4, 6,

7,8,10 and 11.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Sawed lumber in miter-sills and gates,

ft. B. M.

Sawed lumber, white oak........ft. B. M.

Sawed lumber, creosoted, yellow pine,

ft. B. M.

Round timber in cribs.............lin. ft.

Stone filling.....................cu. yds.

Foundation piles, 12 ft. long.

Foundation piles, 20 ft. long.

Foundation piles, 25 ft. long*

Foundation piles, 30 ft. long*

Mooring piles, 16 ft. long....

Mooring piles, 25 ft. long....

Docking piles, 25 ft. long....

8,000

84,020

16,000

103,400

11,400

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180

29

63

2,333

32,8)6

Structural steel......................Ib3.    653,660

Metal in lock-gates..................lbs.    290,000

Metal in needle-dams................Ib3.    80,000

Metal in lock-valves.................lbs.    26,000

einforcement.................lbs.    81,400

Iron castings, plain..................lbs.    30,700

Iron castings, machined..............lbs.    22,500

Wooden fence.....................lin. ft.

Fender fastenings......

Removing old tree dam at Oak Orchard,

lump sum

Raising bridge superstructure... .lump sum

Maintaining highway traffic.....lump sum

Deduct for buildings. . .

Deduct for bridge superstructures,

Metal r

No.

lump sum lump sum

Deduct for sheeting and bracing reused,

ft. B. M.

Gross estimate

1,859

1,850

23 1

23.1

15,637

33

71

16

84 1

39.4

4 17

10

8,512

120

3,400

836

$1,100

$1,109

$6,600

$2,700

$1,350

8,210

170,745

51,635

21,353

6,652

5,603

10,206

$237.60

565

172

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$3,762

$1,350

18,600

$3,558,145,841 $477,630    $2,598,510

13.4

100

100

73

* l'ound necessary to use longer pU33 than called for m preliminary estimate.

t Increase of 510 cu. yds. of reinforced concrete authorized by resolution of Canal Board, dated May 26, 1908. Engineer’s estimate, $3,082,560; contract price, a3 affected by alterations, $3,553,145.84.

Contract No. 45.

This contract is for the construction of a dam at Oaughdenoy and of lock No. 24 and appertaining structures at Baldwinsville, and is 0.55 mile in length. The contract was let to Scott Bros, on May 6, 1008'.

This contract was completed during 1910.

Contract No. 13.

The part of this contract on this residency is for the construction of steel highway superstructures at Stas. 2901 + 83, 29G0 and 3185 + 48.

This contract was let to the Penn Bridge Co. on Nov. 7, 1908. The structures at Stas. 2960 and 3185+48 were completed last year. No work has been done this year.

The following table shows the condition to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, ffeetel

by alteration No. 1.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Structural steel

Sawed lumber, yellow pine..........ft. B. M.

Wooden pavement..................sq. yds.

Setting stone coping.................cu. yds.

lbs

634,030

11,130

1.G23

225,576

4,771

6104

37.3

33.3

33

Gross estimate

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3.2,3

32.8

$10,253

57.1

Contract No. 57.

This contract is for the construction of the canal through Onondaga lake outlet. The length of the contract is 0.85 of a mile.

This contract was let to the N. Y. State Dredging Corporation on Aug. 6, 1912.

Work has not commenced.

Contract No. 101.

Contract No. 101 is for the construction of a highway bridge over the Erie canal at Three Bivers, Sta. 3293 + 43. This contract was let to Barrally & Ingersoll on Aug. 8, 1912.

Work was commenced immediately and at present the approaches to the bridge are well along; excavation for the north abutment is finished and piles driven. Concrete work on tin's abutment has begun.

The following table will show the amount of work done:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Coffer-dam, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum

Excavation.........................cu. yds.

Forming embankment for bridge approaches cu. yds.

$2,000

15,500

14,100

$500

1500

4,378

4,378

28.2

23.2

4,101

4,101

29.1

29 1

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary Work done estimate. during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Lining.............................cu. yds.

Treated yellow pine sawed lumber. . .ft. B. M.

Foundation piles.....................lin. ft.

Second-class concrete................cu. yds

Third-class concrete.

Structural steel.....

Metal reinforcement.

Wooden fence.......

Stone paving.......

Gross estimate......

cu.

yds.

lbs.

lbs.

Tin ft. sq. yds.

309,000 1,100 4,100

$40,639.50

$3,304.15

$3,304.15 J

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Engineer’s estimate, $44,599.50; contract price, $40,639.50.

Contract No. 90.

The part of this contract on this residency is for furnishing and installing equipment for operating and lighting lock No. 24, Erie canal, at Baldwinsville. This contract was let to the D’Olier Engineering Co. on April 6, 1910.

While this lock was nearly completed last year, it has taken some time to get all the machinery and electrical work in shape for the tests which have been made. This work is complete with the exception of a little work to be done under an additional work order.

The following table shows the work as done to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations Nos. 1, 2 and 3.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation.....................

Chipping concrete...............

Forming embankment...........

Second-class concrete............

First-class reinforced concrete. . . .

Structural steel.................

Metal reinforcement............

Iron castings, plain.............

Metal ducts....................

Repaving gutters...................sq. yds.

Wrought iron pipe railing..............lin. ft.

Concrete conduit, single duct..........lin. ft.

Concrete conduit, double duct.........lin. ft.

Reinforced concrete conduit, double duct .lin. ft.

Drilling lj-in. holes...................lin. ft.

Drilling 3-in. holes...................lin. ft.

gquare roofing......................sq. yds.

. .cu. yds ....cu.

. .cu. yds. . .cu. yds. yds. .lbs.

cu.

ft!

lbs.

lbs.

lbs.

127

43

104

26.1

112

29,308

6,650

16,100

3,502

C5

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130

34

2,390

553

40

39.5

123.5

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86.53

28.63

61.19

17.45

115.64

29,646.32

7.5    '2.23 14,910

3,893.98

109.77

32.34

2.275.5 534.3

3.8

1.1

5.2

13.1

9.2

21.1

6.6

0.6

114

92

111

95

39.4

0.01

95

39.8

105.24

12.04

6.7

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Contract No. 22.

Tlie part of this contract on this residency is for the raising of the bridge at Cold Spring, Eo work has been done at this point.

Erie Canal, Residency dSTo. 7. Resident Engineer Edward J. Berry reports:

Contract No. 12, Section 7.

This contract extends from deep water in Oneida lake to Mosquito Point bridge. The total length of the contract is 43.75 miles. That portion of the contract extending from Oneida lake to Baldwinsville is in Residency Eo. 6; The portion from Baldwinsville to Mosquito Point bridge is in Residency Eo. 7, and is 21.25 miles in length. The contract was let to the Stewart-Kerbaugh-Shanley Co. of Eew York city on September 23, 1907, and was assigned to Janies Stewart & Co. on August 25, 1910.

year.

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations during year. Nos. 1, 2 and 3.

Work done

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

sq. yds. lin. ft.

Painting......

3-in. fiber duct........................ ...

Lead covered, insulated, rubber conductors.Jbs.¹

Generators with switch-board.......lump sum

Governors.............................No.'

Head gates..................

Traveling crane..............

Electric capstans.............

Turbine machinery...........

Doors, windows, and woodwork.....lump sum

Miscellaneous electrical equipment.. . lump sum

Gate-operating machinery.

Lamp poles..............

3-horse-power motors.....

7^-horse-power motors. ...

225

133

9,220

$3,050

No.

No.

No.

No.

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No.

No.

No.

$175

$4,445

’$30

$100

15,500

24,875

13

209.55

209.55

797.1

0.04

88

9,927.1

$3,050

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$17.50    $175

$666.75 $4,445

$S5

7,317

8,492

$30

$100

13,837

20,371

13

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107

100

-J to to

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

i.u

' 89.3

81.9

100

100

100

Gross estimate

$30,619.59

$31,302.76

102.2

Good progress has been made on this contract during the past During the fall of 1911, dredges Eos. 1, 4 and 5 worked

west from Hickory island, dredging prism channel. These dredges progressed about four miles and on December 23, 1911, they were closed down for the winter.

On May 4, 1912, the dredges again began work at the west end of contract and while no long stretch of the prism is finished, a very considerable portion needs only a small amount of cleaning up to leave it in a finished condition.

The table showing the amount of work done on this contract during the fiscal year is given in connection with the report on Residency Ho. G.

Contract No. 22.

This contract is for constructing new highway bridges and raising existing highway bridges over the Erie canal between Cold Spring and Free bridges, constructing the necessary new substructures and constructing new bridges over the State ditch and Bonta’s bridge. The contract was awarded to M. Fitzgerald on September 14, 1910.

At Free bridge the new concrete south abutment and the concrete pier have been completed. Foundation piles have been driven for the wings of the new north abutment and the embankment in the north and south approaches is nearly completed.

At Bonta’s bridge new concrete piers Hos. 1 and 2 have been built and the excavation for the new south abutment is nearly finished. The north span of the new steel superstructure is erected, riveted and painted. The middle span is erected in place and bolted.

The Weedsport bridge was practically completed under contract. Ho. 22, when the north abutment failed on Hovember 25, 1911, as noted on contract Ho. 22-A.

At Jordan bridge the new concrete south abutment and pier pedestals are built and the embankment in the south approach has been placed.

At State ditch bridge the new concrete substructure has been completed. Ho work has been done at Cold Spring bridge.

The accompanying table shows the amount of work done during the year and to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,    , ,    „

as affected ,Work done by alterations during year. Nos. 1 and 2.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation.........................cu. yds.

Forming embankment for bridge approaches cu. yds. cu. yds.

35,400

Lining

Sawed lumber, yellow pine..........ft. B. M.

Foundation piles 17 to 20 ft. long......lin. ft.

Second-class concrete Reinforced concrete.

First-class masonry bridge coping

Third-class stone paving........

Third-class riprap..............

Structural steel..............

Metal reinforcement.........

Wooden pavement, 2|-in. thick.......sq.

Wooden fence........................lin. ft.

Coffer-dam, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum

Resetting old fence...................lin. ft.

Removing old bridge superstructures .lump sum

Maintaining highway traffic........lump    sum

Raising bridge superstructures......lump sum

Coffer-dam, pumping, bailing and draining of

north abutment, Free bridge.....lump sum

Raising north end of north span, Free bridge

cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. sq. yds. yds.

22,700

1,820

61,000

18,900

4,600

4,842

1,853

43

9,000

3,315

1,273

16,886

11,995

47 7

cu.

lbs.

!!■

yds.

285

147

11

580

105

550,600

30,200

158,073

15,749

3,930

$15,500

380

$1,000

$3,500

$3,500

$420

$455

$315

$800

43

9,000

3,835

1,512

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106

158,073

26,645

$1,190

$2,240

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Maintaining highway traffic at State bridge.........................'

Gross estimate......................

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$300

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$1,100

$250

$250

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$127,521

$25,540    $40,500

20

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Engineer’s estimate, $107,126; contract price, $127,521.

Contract No. 22-A.

This contract provides for a new substructure, approach spans and approaches for a bridge over the Erie canal at Weedsport, Sta. 4819 + GO.

The work under this contract became necessary on account of the failure, due to settlement, of the north abutment of the Weedsport highway bridge, which had been completed under contract JSfo. 22.

In the latter part of November, 1911, the north abutment of this bridge began to show signs of settlement, and finally failed so badly as entirely to obstruct traffic and to render the superstructure in danger of entire destruction.

Under an emergency contract, to safeguard the superstructure and to reopen traffic, the services of the John Eicldeay, Jr. Eo.,

experts in this particular kind of work, were engaged. Timber, cribs were constructed, by means of which the superstructure was supported, a temporary approach built and traffic again resumed.

To date oidy a partial estimate has been paid the contractor for this work, which is shown in the following table:

A'    A

CONTRACTOR.

Payment 10 per cent deducted.

Resolution of Canal Board.

Total estimate of work done up to

March 20,1912.

John Eichleay Jr. Co

Dec. 13, 1911

$7,000

$6,300

The settlement of the north abutment and the ground in the immediate vicinity indicated that it was advisable to build the new structure in a new location and to change the design of the substructure by eliminating the heavy concrete slab approaches and substituting light steel spans. Also the abutments were changed to piers.

This contract was awarded to Lupfer & Remick on August 8, 1912. Work has not yet been started on this contract.

Contract No. 5-A.

This contract was awarded to lames Stewart & Co. of New York city on January 20, 1912. The length of this contract is 2.44 miles, extending from St-a. 5073, near Mosquito Point bridge over the Seneca river, to Sta. 5202 + 62.89, near Fox Ridge. Included in this contract are concrete substructures for Howland’s island and Mosquito Point bridges and a crib retention dam in Owasco creek outlet.

Work was begun on this contract soon after it was awarded and at the end of the fiscal year was 75 per cent completed.

The concrete substructure of Howland’s island bridge is completed and that at Mosquito Point is about 60 per cent completed.

The excavation for the retention dam is completed and materials for the dam proper are being delivered on the site. The

prism excavation is practically completed, with the exception of a small amount of hard material, which is yet to be removed.

The following table shows summary of work done during the fiscal year:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Supporting highway bridge at Mosquito Point lump sum

202,300

3,200

7.900 61,000

6,400

5.900 5,000 4,700 1,380

168,032

3,000

168,032

3,000

83.1

93.7

83.1

93.7

240

1.4

1,940

1,480

$550

1,068

1,068

13.5

2,320

2,320

4.248

’200

4.248

’200

256

Gross estimate

$275

$2,200    $1,650

$2,500    $1,500

$317,597 I $239,990

$275

$1,650

$1,500

$239,990

75.6

75.6

Engineer's estimate, $395,285; contract price, $317,597.

Contract No. 46.

This contract is for the construction of the Barge canal from Fox Ridge to the southeast corner of the town of Galen, a distance of 9.44 miles. The following structures are included in this contract: bridge at Wayne county line, toll road bridge at Montezuma, lock USTo. 25 and movable dam at May’s Point.

The substructure for the movable dam has been completed.

At lock TTo. 25 the excavation is completed, foundation piles driven and concrete footing course laid in the southwest approach wall. Fifty per cent of the first-class steel sheet-piling has been driven in the north and south walls of the lock.

The hydraulic dredge has completed the prism between the West Shore railroad crossing and the Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern railroad crossing, and has also worked over an area extending from the West 'Shore crossing one mile to the north.

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Driving piles to prevent sliding at site of southeast approach wall to lock No. 25, at May’s Point.

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The following table shows summary of work done during the past fiscal year:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected Work done by alterations during year. Nos. 1, 2 and 3.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Clearing.........................lump    sum    $5,000

All excavation......................cu.    yds.    5,034,960

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M. 161,500

Forming embankment...............cu.    yds.    71,090

Sawed lumber in needles............ft. B. M.j 18,000

Metal in buffer-beams...................lbs.    96,000

Metal in lock-valves....................lbs. I    25,000

Metal in lock-gates.....................lbs. j    188,000

Pairs of uprights including bracing.......pair    4

Gates “A”......................

Gates “ B ”.....................

Cast-iron idlers..................

Bearing shoes...................

Machinery......................

Coffer-dam, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum

Removal of bridge superstructure. .. lump sum Maintaining highway traffic........lump sum

$2,700 515,335    3,825,616

22,722 4,714

3,595

14,374

34,762

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Removing old buildings............lump sum

Sheeting and bracing reused.........ft.B.M.

Steel sheet-piling, first-class............sq.    ft.

Cutting off steel sheet-piling...........lin.    ft.

Storing steel sheet-piling...............sq.    ft.

Steel sheet-piling, second-class..........sq.    ft.

Gross estimate

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25,000

$12,000

$200

$1,500

$250

46,000

950

10,250

1,520

$1,305,930.05

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$450

21,830

151,433

4,121

1,004

296

1,106

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$3,600

1150

$1,275

$150

1,620

21,830

$128,760 j $734,720

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80.5

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26.1

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3.5

100

30

75

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60

47.4

56.2

Engineer’s estimate, $1,367,533.00; contract price, $1,305,930.05.

Oswego Canal, Residency Xo. 1.

Resident Engineer T. M. Ripley reports:

During the latter month of the fiscal year a field party has been employed making appropriation surveys along Ox creek, a westerly tributary to the Oswego river about four miles south of the city of Fulton. Owing to the fact that this creek has a very flat slope and considerable low ground along its banks, a large amount of property will be overflowed because of the raising of the upper dam at Fulton. This necessitates the making of appropriations and the law requires that these be made to the maximum navigable stage. Much of the ground being swampy, work has been slow and difficult, and, owing to the appropriations being determined by the said maximum navigable stage, a line of levels had first to be run

and points established at frequent intervals, so that the transit line could be determined therefrom. It is hoped to nave all of these surveys completed before the coming winter.

Since the beginning of Barge canal construction the work on this residency has been divided as follows:

Contracts Hos. 10, 10-A, 10-B, 33, 39, 53, 78, 80, 85, 90, 90-A, 104, highway adjacent to contract Ho. 78 and Ox creek highways. For general description of contracts Hos. 10, 33, 39, 53, 78, 80, 85, 90, highway adjacent to contract Ho. 78 and Ox creek highways, see Annual Report of 1911.

Contract No. 10-A. For completing the construction of the canal and raising the upper dam at Fulton and, practically, all other work originally included under contract Ho. 10 south of lock Ho. 2.

Contract Ho. 10-B. For completing the construction of the canal north of contract Ho. 10-A, as shown originally under the plans for contract Ho. 10.

Contract Ho. 90-A. Power plants, substations and equipment necessary to complete installation on locks Hos. 1, 2, 7 and 8, Oswego canal. Locks Hos. 1 and 2 are on this residency.

Contract Ho. 104. For constructing a reinforced concrete arch bridge over the Oswego canal at Broadway, Fulton.

The total amount of work done on this residency during the year is shown in the following tables:

Work under Contract Prior to October 1, 1911.

Value of work under contract.

Value of work done to Oct, 1, 1911.

$668,360 00 24,890 00 130,600 00 164,759 27 46,360 00 53,030 00 500 00 15,950 00 11,090 00

Contract No. 10. Contract No. 33. Contract No. 39 Contract No. 53. Contract No. 78. Contract No. 80 Contract No. 85 Contract No. 90 Highway.......

$1,111,964 57 55,020 00 1,048,674 00 167,385 CO 49,025 95 117,390 64 13,238 50 32,719 80 11,627 50

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Value of work done to October 1, 1912.

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Contract No. 10-A.................

Contract No. 10-B.................

Contract No. 33...................

Contract No. 39...................

Contract No. 53...................

Contract No. 78...................

Contract No. 80...................

Contract No. 85...................

Contract No. 90...................

Contract No. 90-A.................

Contract No. 104..................

Highway adjacent to contract No. 78 Ox creek highways.................

Totals.......................

81,111,964 57 174,513 90 487,545 00 24,961 03 1,048,674 00 167,535 00 49,025 95 117,390 64 13,173 00 32,719 80 34,950 05 39,370 00 15,419 90 73,353 50

8668,360 00 Eelet 88,600 00 76,240 00 24,961 03 Final 230,720 00 164,575 52 Final 50,068 19 Final 110,886 34 Final 12,010 00 29,850 00 980 00 590 00

16,733 56 Final 3,560 00

$3,390,646 34

$1,478,134 64

Amount of work put under contract during the fiscal year, $809,742.45. Amount of work done during year 8362,707.99. Percentage of all work on residency done to date, 43.5 per cent. All values based on contract prices.

Contract No. 10.

llelet as contracts Nos. 10-A and 10-B. There remained to be done, on contract No. 10, $449,604.57 worth of work under the original prices. Under contracts No. 10-A and No. 10-B this work was relet for $598,033, an increase of $148,428.43 or 33 per cent.

Contract No. 10-A.

George C. Hannon, Leveler, in charge. The T. A. Gillespie Co., 50 'Church street, New York city, contractors.

Under this contract, as originally let, the upper dam at Fulton was to be raised 5 feet, the prism excavation was to be completed above lock No. 2, the dike for protecting the city of Fulton from overflow during high water to be completed to a connection with the dike built under contract No. 78, three concrete-topped guide piers to be built in the river and snubbing posts, fenders, etc., placed. Three alterations have been made to the plans of this contract since the letting, the only one of moment being alteration No. 3, which requires the placing of six large Taintor gates, each 2fl feet 8 inches in the clear, in the dam for the purpose of flood regulation.

The work done consists of 74 per cent of the prism excavation, the completion of the dike, the guide piers and the fixed portion

of the dam (206 feet long), the laying of concrete sills for the Taintor gates and some minor construction.

This contract was let December 14, 1911. Work was started January 11, 1912. The original time limit expired on September 1, 1912. This time was necessarily extended, owing to the large increase of work because of the building of the Taintor gates under alteration Ho. 3.

The following table gives the summary of work done:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

as

by

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. yds.

Grubbing........................

Excavation from spoil bank.......

All other excavation..............

Forming embankment............

Hemlock, sawed lumber...........

Spruce, sawed lumber.............

White oak, sawed lumber..........

First-class concrete...............

Second-class concrete.............

Finishing concrete surfaces -.......

Repairing tops, concrete walls......

Wash wall......................

Stone filling.....................

Iron castings, plain...............

Structural steel...................

f-in. log chain....................

30-in. concrete drain...............

Trenching and backfilling for 30-in.

drain.....................

Removing old plant, debris, etc

Metal in Taintor gates..................lbs.

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum

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.. cu. yds. . .cu. yds. . .. .sq. ft.

cu.

ft.

cu. yds. cu. yds.

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9,070

38,830

25,220

25,000

21,500

2,100

2,480

730

3,500

250

1.300

5.300 6,780 1,900

197

197

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’400

25

335,700

1,760

27,993

21,044

18,400

17,700

1,760

27,993

21,044

18,400

17,700

1.011

’592

1,011

592

3,150

3,150

145

145

1.181

’225

1.1S1

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5,030

5,377

2,146

5,030

5,377

2,146

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18

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Engineer’s estimate, original, $103,058; plus alterations Nos. 1, 2 and 3, $67,304.40; total, $170,362.40. Contractor’s price, original $106,738; plus alterations Nos. 1, 2 and 3, $67,775.90; total $174,513.90. Total work done during year = 50.8 per cent of contract price.

Total work done to date = 50.8 per cent of contract price.

Contract No. 10-B.

Harry H. Brown, Assistant Engineer, in charge. Oswego Construction Co., G. O. Hodgson, Pres., Fulton, H. Y., contractors.

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Oswego river and undisturbed power plant on the west.

The excavation for lock ISTo. 3 has been four-fifths completed (about 32,000 yards, mostly rock) and work started on the docking walls above and below this lock.

The contractor purchased the plant on the work and has added about $50,000 worth of new equipment.

This contract was let March 4, 1912. Work was started April 6, 1912. The time limit expires December 1, 1913.

The following table gives the summary of work done:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary Work done estimate. during year.

Total work done to-date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

All excavation..............

Channeling.................

Line drilling.................

Forming embankment.......

Second-class concrete........

Structural steel.............

Metal reinforcement........

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Engineer's estimate, $515,044; contractor’s price, $491,295.

Total work done during year = 15.5 per cent of contract price.

Total work done to date = 15.5 per cent of contract price.

One alteration, allowing the substitution of close drilling for channeling, has been placed on this contract, but the amount thereof cannot at present be determined.

Contract No. 33 (on Contract No. 10-B).

Owing to the fact that the progress of this contract, which is for lock-gates, valves, needle-beams, etc., was dependent upon work which has not yet been built, no progress has been made thereon on this residency during the year.

The following table shows the status of the work:

$183,618 50 $199,639 70 $30,918 00

Engineer’s estimate, entire contract......

Contractor’s price, entire contract.......

Contractor’s price on this residency......

Percentage of work done during year, 00.

Percentage of work done to date, 80.7.

Contract No. 39.

P. H. Budd, Assistant Engineer, in charge. Janies Stewart & Co., 30 Church street, Yew York city, contractors.

The dipper dredge and drill boat worked south of Phoenix until December 27, 1911, when the plant was laid up for the winter.

It resumed operations on April 1, 1912, and practically completed the prism excavation between Three River Point and Phoenix, excepting under the highway bridge at the latter place. This excavation was mostly rock, which required blasting.

As the upper dam at Fulton, contract Ho. 10-A, was not raised until about September 1, 1912, the dredging fleet could not move into and operate in the pool between Fulton and Phoenix between August 1 and September. It was, therefore, transferred to contract Ifo. 12 during this time, but is now being brought into the raised pool via the old canal to Hinmansville and the river to the point of beginning near Morsman’s lock (old lock Ho. 7).

The following table gives the summary of work done:

Excavation.

ITEMS OF WORK.

cu. yds.

Preliminary

estimate.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

1,226,000

120,630

277,983

9.5

22.6

Engineer’s estimate, $972,900; contractor’s price, $1,048,674. Percentage of work done during year = 9.5 per cent of contract price. Percentage of work done to date = 22.6 per cent of contract price.

Contract No. 53.

The completion of this contract was noted in last year's report. Totals are shown in the following table:

$200,500 00 $167,585 00 $164,575 52

Engineer’s estimate Contractor’s price Final estimate . . .

This is the amount of the final as returned by residency office.

Contract No. 78.

Mark D. Ewell, Reveler, in charge. Cunningham-Woodard Co., Hudson Falls, H. Y., contractors.

Work on this contract was completed December 31, 1911, and the final estimate sent in.

The work under this contract consisted in raising the tow-path southerly from the south end of old contract No. 10, now contract No. 10-A, for a distance of about 0,300 feet, in order to protect property after the upper dam# at Fulton should have been raised. The southerly end of this dike joined the county highway and this latter was also raised for a distance of about 3,300 feet to high ground to the south. This highway work was let and is reported as a separate contract, but the actual dike construction was about ’9,600 feet long.

The following table gives the summary of work done:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary Work done estimate. during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation.................

Embankment...............

Second-class concrete........

Wash wall..................

24-in vitrified pipe, laid......

10-in. vitrified pipe, laid......

Manhole covers and grating..

Additional manhole, exclusive of cover,

lump sum

nching and backfilling for 700 ft. of vitrified pipe..............................lin. ft.

cu. yds

yds.

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5,340

117,065

94,789

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111.5

103.5

171

40.9

5,501

2.7

93

88.3

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40

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95.8

80

99.5

100

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Engineer’s estimate, original, $55,151; plus alterations Nos. 2 and 3, $1,304.45; total $50,458.45. Contract price, original, $47,721.50; plus alterations Nos. 2 and 3, $1,301.45; total $49,025.95. Pinal estimate, $50,068.19.

Percentage of work done during year = 7.8.

= 100.

Percentage of work done to date

Contract No. 80.

William IT. Hi!born, Leveler, in charge of contract. Walter Bradley,' Fulton, IN'. Y., contractor.

This contract consisted of building an ogee dam across the Oswego river at Phoenix, six Taintor gates, each 26 feet 8 inches in the clear, sets of new lieadgates for the mills on either side of the river and removing the old masonry dam. The new dam is about four feet higher than the old one and additional spillway is secured by building it in the shape of a “ Y ” with the Taintor gates at the apex for the control of floods.

By September 30, 1911, 45 per cent of this contract had been completed and the work was well under way. By February, 1912, practically all work had been finished, excepting the concrete counterweights for the Taintor gates and the removal of a portion of the old dam. It was not considered advisable to place the former in freezing weather and the latter could not be removed, owing to a rising river.

The last monthly estimate was rendered on this work August 1, 1912, and the final sent in, August 8, 1912.

The following table gives the summary of work done:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary Work done estimate. during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

.....cu. yds.

.....cu. yds.

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Excavation...................

Embankment.................

Sawed lumber, yellow pine.....

Sawed lumber, white oak......

Second-class concrete..........

Metal reinforcement..........

Metal in head-gates...........

Metal in valves...............

Metal in Taintor gates........

Gate-hoists, class “ A ”........

Gate-hoists, class “ B "........

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6,930

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lbs.

MM

No.

5,000

2,800

6,484

24,100

189,520

4,920

312,200

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16.3

16.3

62.5

36.4

30.6

73.1

64.2

64.1

93

62.5

84.1

95.4

93.9

97.7

98.2

100.7

100

19

100

100

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100%

100

34

100

Engineer’s estimate, $134,340.

Contractor’s price, $117,390.64.

Final estimate, $110,886.34.

Percentage of work done during year = 52 per cent of contract price. Percentage of work done to date = 100 per cent of contract price.

Contract No. 85.

Win. II. Hilborn, Leveler, in charge of contract. Lupfer & Remick, Buffalo, Iff. Y., contractors. This contract is for a lift-bridge over lock Iffo. 1 at Phoenix. A description of the bridge was given in the report for 1911.

Work progressed very slowly on this contract and certain small items have delayed the making of the final estimate. The bridge has been open for traffic and operated by hand during the past five or six months. The work is now completed. There is one more monthly estimate to be rendered and the final estimate will soon be finished.

The following table gives the summary of work done:

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Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work

done to date.

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Excavation.........

Embankment.......

Lining.............

Second-class concrete

Structural steel.....

Machinery.........

Yellow pine, sawed lumber..........ft. B. M.

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining

lump sum

Deduct for bridge superstructure.... lump sum

252.7

158

47.8

145.6

82,021

16,402

3,620

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100%

100%

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Contractors’ price, $13,233.50.

Percentage of work done during year = 87 per cent of contract price.

Percentage of work done to date = 100 per cent of contract price.

l ining increased from 33 to 44 cubic yards by resolution of Canal Board dated January 31, 1912.

Contract No. 90.

In charge of assistant engineers on the primary contracts affected. D’Olier Engineering Co., Philadelphia, Pa., contractors.

The work under this contract, on this residency, has progressed slowly, it being carried on in conjunction with similar work on Oswego canal Residency Ro. 2 (locks at Oswego) and Erie canal Residency ISTo. G (lock at Baldwinsville).

The work has been completed under this contract on this residency in so far as possible to do so — the part remaining being work which cannot be finished because of iocompleted structures upon which it is to be placed.

The following table gives the summary of work done:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, w , ,

as

by

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation......

Chipping concrete Embankm

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Iron castings, plain

Metal duets.......

Concrete conduit, single duct..........lin. ft.

Concrete conduit, double duct.........lin. ft.

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Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Drilling l|-in. holes for ducts...........lin. ft.

Drilling 3-in. holes for ducts............lin. ft.

3-in. fiber ducts......................lin. ft.

Lead-covered, rubber-insulated conductors.lbs.

Electric capstans...............

Miscellaneous electrical equipment

Maintenance accessories.........

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining, lump sum

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46

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17,449

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156

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7.6

152

37.7

8,234

13,881

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100

100

99.5

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Lamp poles..............

3-hp. motors.............

7Hip. motors............

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49,750

10,848

23,299

31,761

40,516

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92

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62.5

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81.5

95

100

100

Engineer’s estimate, entire contract, $180,630.

Contractor’s price, as affected by alterations Nos. 2 and 3, $180,317.94. Contractor’s price, on this residency, $32,719.80.

Percentage of work done during year = 48.2.

Percentage of work done to date = 97.

Percentage is based on portion of contract chargeable to this residency.

Contract No. 90-A.

H. A. J. Castor, Engineering Draftsman, in charge. Lupfer & Remick, Buffalo, A. Y., contractors.

The portion of this contract on this residency consists in '"building and equipping a substation adjacent to lock No. 1 at Phoenix and the construction of a hydro-electric plant at lock No. 2 at Fulton, with the exception of the wheel pits, feed culvert and tail culvert. These latter were put in under contracts Nos. 10 and 10-B.

Work was started on this residency under this contract, August 19, 1912. This work consisted of the extra foundation necessary for carrying the south end of the power-house at lock No. 2.

The following table gives the summary of work done:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary Work done estimate. during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation..........

Chipping concrete. . . Second-class concrete,

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Mark D. Ewell, Leveler, in charge. R. B. Murdock, Crown Point, H. Y., contractor.

This contract is for the building of a 145-foot reinforced concrete arch span over the Barge canal at Broadway in the city of Fulton, which is to form a part of a concrete arch bridge across the river, replacing an old condemned structure. The remaining arches, viz., four 135-foot spans and one 60-foot span, are being built by the county of Oswego and the city of Fulton under a separate contract. The grade of the bridge will be uniform from East First street to West First street and, as the roadway over the westerly arch is about 60 feet above water-surface, the bridge, when finished, will be a bold and handsome structure.

The progress of work on the arch to be built by the state depends entirely upon the progress of work on the remainder of the bridge. At the end of the fiscal year practically nothing had been done on the State’s portion, with the exception of building a temporary bridge over the lock and making a connection with the bridge built by the other contractor across the river. The plant used by the contractor for the city, which is installed, will be used by the State’s contractor for doing his work.

This contract wras let March 5, 1912. Owing to the comparatively small amount of work done, no table of progress is given.

Highway Adjacent to Contract No. 78.

M. D. Ewell, Leveler, in charge. Cunningham-Woodard Co., Hudson Falls, A. Y., contractors.

At the beginning of this fiscal year this work had been 95.4 per cent finished, based on the original estimate. There remained the placing of the guard-rail and the wash wall. During the year the item of “ Lining ” was added; wash wall was increased from 180 to 400 cu. yds., excavation from 23,000 to 26,520 cu. yds. and embankment from 21,000 to 24,000 cu. yds.

It was stated in the report for 1911 that the material for this work was taken from the same borrow pit as used for contract Ho. 78. This is true, with the exception of a small amount which was purchased by the contractors from J. W. Tilden at the intersection of the highways. The gravel for lining was secured from the same farm and taken from a knoll adjacent to the highway and between Tilden’s house and Keller creek.

The following table gives the summary of work done:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

■fXfed Work done byoltera- during year, tions.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation..........

Embankment........

Guard rail..........

Second-class concrete Timber grillage. 2-inch iron pipe Metal reinforcement

Clearing...........

Wash wall.........

Gravel lining.......

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26,847

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120

112

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Contractor s price, $11,627.50.

Contractor’s price, plus increases, $15,419.90. Final estimate, $16,733.56.

Percentage of work done during year = 32.65. Percentage of work done to date = 100.

Ox Creek Highways.

Solomon Keswick, Assistant Engineer, in charge. James Stewart & Co., 30 Church St., New York, N. Y., contractors.

This contract for raising bridges and highways crossing Ox creek consists in the raising of six highways crossing Ox creek and its adjacent low lands and seven small highway bridges. The roads are numbered 1 to 0 from the mouth of the creek and all are roads crossing the creek, with the exception of road No. 2 which connects with road No. 1 at its southerly end and extends a distance of about 1,500 feet, following high ground as much as possible, to an intersection with the present highway.

This contract was let in August, 1912, and work was started at road No. 3, on August 28, 1912.

The following table gives the summary of work done:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary Work done estimate. during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Grubbing...........

Excavation..........

Embankment........

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Work has been in progress during the year on six contracts.

Contract No. 35.

This contract is for improving the Oswego canal between a point 0.56 of a mile above Utica street bridge and the harbor line north of Bridge street at Oswego, including the construction of lucks Nos. 7 and 8, of 14.5 and 11.1 feet lift respectively, and other incidental work. Length of contract, 0.85 mile.

This contract was awarded to the Gilmour-HortoinAllen Co., September 10, 14)07. The contract price, including alterations, is $760,917.20.

The following table shows the percentage of work done on the contract during the year, as well as the percentage of work done to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done duri ng year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation...............

Sheeting and bracin';......

Embankment.............

Puddle.................

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir, ft. B.

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58,000

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46,510

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1,500

5,538

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Second-class concrete Reinforced concrete.

Pointing old m Fourth-class riprap................

4- inch wrought iron pipe and specials

5- inch wrought iron pipe and specials

2-inch pipe valves.................

4-inch pipe valves.................

12-inch pipe valves................

20-inch pipe valves................

7-inch vacuum ga Structural steel..

Metal in lock-gates....

Metal in needle-dams. .

Metal in lock-valves. . .

Metal reinforcement. ..

Iron castings, plain....

Iron castings, machined.

Wood block pavement..

Fender fastenings......

Expansion bolts in place

Scroll railing.....

Gate hoists, class Gate hoists, class

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44,600

55,857

1,661

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Removing old bridge s iperatructures,

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Contract No. 90

Contract No. 90 is for furnishing and installing equipment for operating and lighting locks Nos. 7 and 8 on the Oswego canal and similar work on other residencies.

This contract was awarded to D’Olier Engineering Co., April 12, 1910.

The following table gives Iho summary of work done on this residency:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by

alterations.

Work done during year

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

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Structural steel............

Iron castings, plain......

Metal ducts.............

Reinforced concrete conduit, double duct,

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40,578

24,100

17,401

3,498

20,124

8,428

37,397

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157

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518

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94

14,460

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Miscellaneous electrical equipment, lock No. 7, lump sum

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Maintenance accessories, Lock No. 7,

Maintenance accessories, Lock No. 8,

Valve-operating machinery Gate-operating machinery.

Lamp poles..............

3-hp. motors.............

7i-hp. motors............

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No.

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$3,435

9,214

$540.77

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Contract No. 79.

This contract is for constructing a highway bridge over the Oswego canal at Bridge street, Oswego. The contract was awarded to Lupfer & Reniick, September 23, 1910. The contract price is $37,480.

This contract was completed in January, 1912.

The following table gives a summary of work done during the year and the total completed to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

Work done by during year, alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining, lump sum eu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds.

Excavation.........

Second-class concrete Reinforced concrete.

Structural steel.....

Metal reinforcement. . Wood block pavement Maintaining highway traffic Restoring old walls........

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1.600

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Not included in the above is an extra and unspecified work order, dated January 24, 1912, amounting to $G80.68, which wasi completed during the year. The quantities in the various items were therefore all less than the preliminary estimate, except the item of metal reinforcement, and the contract, including the extra work order, was completed for $2,819.74 less than the contract price. The surplus of metal reinforcement was included in the extra work order.

Contract No. 37.

This contract is for improving the Oswego canal between Fulton and Oswego, including the construction of locks Nos. 5 and 6, of 18 and 20 feet lift, respectively, with adjoining dams and other incidental work. Length of contract, 9.73 miles.

This contract was awarded on December 9, 1910, and transferred on April 19, 1911, to Henry P. Burgard. price, including alterations, is $2,462,608.70.

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Preliminary

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Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done

to date.

C learing..........................lump sum    $1,000    $40

Excavation.........................cu. yds.    974,510    292,473

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M. 325,000    18,900

Sheeting and bracing, (used again).. .ft. B. M........... 42,500

Forming embankment...............cu. yds.    16,600    11,402

Iron castings, plain.....................lbs.    25,920

Iron castings, machined................. . lbs.    51,900

Drilling bolt holes in rock.............lin. ft. 4,070

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining,

lump sum

Maintaining navigation............lump    sum

Removing buildings.....................No.

Removal of bridge superstructure. . lump sum

6-in. vitrified pipe and specials.........lin. ft.

18-in vitrified pipe and specials.........lin. ft.

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466

588

641,483

18,900

42,500

11,402

2,018

1,121

9,705

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466

588

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lloacl “Aadjacent to Contract No. 37.

This contract is for constructing a highway at the west end of dam No. 6, made necessary by the canal improvement. Length about 1,4<H) feet.

The contract was awarded to II. P. Burgard, January 3, 1912. The contract price is $4,629.

The following table gives a summary of the work done during the year and the total work done to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary Work done estimate. during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done

to date.

Excavation...................

Forming embankment.........

Second-class concrete..........

Metal reinforcement. .........

15-in. vitrified pipe and specials

cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds.

400

6,900

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300

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This contract is for constructing a highway through and to the south of Minetto, made necessary by the construction of the canal improvement. Length 5,900 feet, approximately.

This contract was awarded to H. P. Burgard, January 3, 1912. The contract price is $93,019.50.

The following table gives a summary of the work done during the year and the total work done to date:

Per cent of work done to date.

Per cent

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary Work done Total work of work estimate. during year, done to date, done during year.

Clearing............

Excavation..........

Forming embankment

Lining...............

Second-class concrete.. Metal reinforcement..

lump sum . ,cu. yds.    41,000

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Contract No. 90-A.

This contract is for the furnishing and equipment of a hydroelectric power plant at lock No. 7, electric capstans at locks Nos. 7 and 8 and transmission lines, arc light poles and arc lights between lock No. 8 and the power plant at lock No. 7 and similar work on Residency No. 1, Oswego canal.

This contract was awarded to Lupfer & llemick, August 8, 1912, for $64,020.20.

Only preliminary work has yet been done.

W ATE R-S UP PLY ReSI DENG Y.

Resident Engineer L. C. llulburd reports:

This residency has comprised the work of providing the additional water-supply required by the Barge canal for the “ Rome summit level.” The sources of supply selected for immediate development are the Mohawk river, West Panada creek and Nine-Mile creek. The projects consist of reservoirs for impounding the flood flow of the Mohawk river and the West Canada creek, controlling works for regulating the flow out of the reservoirs and a diverting channel which will carry a portion of the flow of the West Canada creek to Nine-Mile creek and thence into the summit level. The main features of these projects are embraced in three contracts, Nos. 50, 51 and 55. On July 12, 1912, the residency was divided, the reservoir development on West Canada creek (contract No. 50) being placed in charge of II. J. Morrison, Resident Engineer, with headquarters at Hinckley.

Contract No. 50.

This contract is for constructing a reservoir and dam on the West Canada creek and performing all other work appertaining to the contract. George H. Briggs, Assistant Engineer, has had charge of the engineering corps assigned to this contract.

Under his supervision appropriation maps have been prepared for the balance of the lands required, detail plans have been prepared for new highways to replace those intercepted by the dam and the marking of the perimeter of the reservoir site with concrete monuments has been completed.

This contract was awarded to the Buffalo Dredging Company on September 23, 1910, and construction began the following November. During the past year construction work was suspended in December and resumed in April. Previous to the date upon which Mr. Morrison was placed in charge the contractors had devoted most of their efforts to the portion of the dam south of the spillway. The construction of the core wall had been continued until about 2,350 lin. ft. had been built to an elevation of approximately 1,210; the foundation for the south abutment and gate chamber had been placed; the 42-inch cast iron pipes laid; foundation placed for wings of north abutment; some material, excavated from an area west of the south end of dam, had been deposited within the embankment lines, and coffer-dams had been constructed for unwatering a portion of the creek bed.

Contract No. 51.

This contract is for constructing a canal feeder between Trenton Ealls and Nine-Mile creek, together with a gate house, culverts and all other work appertaining to the contract. J. B. Whipple

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and II. A. Gehring, Assistant Engineers, have had charge of the engineering corps assigned to this contract.

Idle work to he done under this contract consists in excavating a ditch 5.7 miles long, with a grade of 1.45 feet per mile and a cross-sectional area of about 150 sq. ft. in the bottom seven feet of depth; also in constructing eight highway crossings, a siphon for carrying the flow under Cincinnatus creek, a concrete flume for passing the water down the steep bank into Nine-Mile creek, a gate house with controlling works, and minor structures, such as culverts, drainage ditches, etc.

The contract was awarded to Geo. T. Cunningham on December 23, 1910, and was later assigned to the Alto Construction Company. 'Construction began in February, 1911, and has been continued to date. The surface cut along the feeder prism has been made for about 85 per cent of the total length and the excavation has been made approximately to grade for about 60 per cent of the total length. The concrete flume, three highway crossings and two drainage culverts have been completed.

The following table, including alterations and increases as authorized by the Canal Board, shows the progress of construction to date:

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ITEMS OF WORK.

estimate, as    Work done Total work    of work    of work

affected by during year, done to date, done dur- done alterations.    ing    year.    to date.

Clearing.........................lump sum

Excavation.........................cu.    yds.

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M.

Forming embankment...............eu. yds.

Lining.............................cu. yds.

Foundation piles.....................lin. ft.

Wooden sheet-piling...............ft. B. M.

Second-class concrete...............cu. yds.

Second-class reinforced concrete......cu. yds

Second-class riprap............

Cast iron pipe................

Metal reinforcement..........

Wrought iron pipe railing.............lin. ft.

Coffer-dam, pumping, bailing, etc.. .lump sum

Maintaining highway traffic........lump sum

Removing buildings........

Office building............

531,880

112,000

84,765

800

6,500

20,000

3,550

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No.

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Extra or unspecified work orders, dated Aug, 9,1912.................................

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7,162

6,166

281,478

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7,666

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Contract No. 55.

This contract is for constructing a reservoir dam on the Mohawk river, relocating a portion of the Black River canal, building four locks and performing all other work appertaining to the contract. Chas. W. Costello, Assistant Engineer, has had charge of the engineering corps assigned to this contract.

The contract was awarded to Arthur McMullen on October 19, 1908, and construction work was commenced soon after and continued, excepting short suspensions during the coldest weather, until its completion on August 3, 1912.

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The following table, including alterations and increases as authorized by the Canal Board, shows the progress of the struction and a comparison of the final and preliminary estimate quantities:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate, as Work done affected by during year, alterations.

Total work done to date, (final estimate).

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent (final estimate)

of

contract

quantities.

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Excavation........................•cu*    yjf-    357,350

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M. 73,000

Channeling..........................SQ-Jk    25,200

Forming embankment...............cu.    yds.    161,880

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Clearing

10%

329

38,262

4,249

8,461

100%

5,602

361,967

55,639

7,229

120.690

10

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5.8

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Puddle...................

Sawed lumber.............

Round timber bracing......

Foundation piles...........

Second-class concrete.......

Reinforced concrete........

Cyclopean masonry........

Slope wall, in mortar.......

Slope wall, dry............

Wash wall................

24-inch stone paving.......

First-class stone paving.....

Second-class stone paving...

Cobblestone paving........

First-class riprap...........

Second-class riprap.........

Third-class riprap..........

Fourth-class riprap. ........

Cast iron pipe and specials..

Structural steel.............

Metal reinforcement........

Wrought iron..............

Steel castings...._...........

Iron castings, plain.........

Iron castings, machined.....

Bronze cast ngs.....

Metal in lock-valves........

Wooden fence..............

Wrought iron pipe railing........

Drilling bolt holes in rock........

Capstans......................

Superstructure, upper gate house... lump Sluice-gate apparatus, valves, etc.. .lump sum Coffer-dam, pumping, bailing, etc. . lump sum Raising and moving highway river bridge,

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85,400

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1.178

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1,189

180

1,216

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80,860

55,440

6,960

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113,200

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5,700

2,300

1,780

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1,879

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Gross estimate............................

Extra or Unspecified. Work Orders.

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Dated Jan. 12, 1912.......................

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Contract No. 55-R.

This contract is for the removal of bodies from cemeteries located within the limits of contract No. 55, Delta reservoir, to a new cemetery located without the flow line. Clias. W. Costello, Assistant Engineer, has had charge of the engineering corps assigned to this contract.

The contract was awarded to Joseph Kalk and Alfred S. Brown on November 3, 1911. The removal and interment of the bodies began immediately and was completed before the end of the month, the balance of the work in connection with the contract being done during the early part of the past summer.

The following table, including alterations and increases as authorized by the Canal Board, shows the progress of the construction and a comparison of the final and preliminary estimate quantities :

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, affected by alterations.

as

Work done during year.

Total work done to date (final estimate).

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent (final estimate) of contract quantities.

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No.

Gross estimate............................

Extra or unspecified work order, dated July 10, 1912...................................

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694

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1,285

$7,560.69

$127.40

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694

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100

694

694

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100

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293

100

100

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1,241

100

100

100

96.6

$7,526.25

$7,526.25

100

99.5

$101.28

$101.28

100

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Highways Adjacent to Delta Reservoir.

The new highways made necessary by the filling of the Delta reservoir have been constructed under contract entitled “ Construction of certain highways adjacent to the Delta reservoir, Oneida county, H. Y.” A. G. Card, Assistant Engineer, and

C. V. O’Malley, Rodman, have had charge of the engineering corps assigned to the contract.

The contract was awarded to the Cunningham-Woodard Company on March 28, 1911. Construction was commenced during the following month and completed June 12, 1912.

The following table, including alterations and increases as authorized by the Canal Eoard, shows the progress of the construction and a comparison of the final and preliminary quantities:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

“S& Sits.

by alterations.

Total work done to date (final estimate).

Per cent    Per cent

of work    (final esti-

done durini year.

mate) of contract quantities.

lump sum . .cu. yds. 58,040 yds. 44,800 410

Clearing.....................

All excavation................

Forming embankment.........

Wooden fence........................lin. ft.    10,500

4-in. vitrified pipe underdrain..........lin. ft. 740

Yellow pine, sawed lumber..........ft. B. M. 12,000

Taking down, moving, reerecting, cleaning

and painting bridge.............lump    sum

Lining.............................cu.    yds.

Gross estimate

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287

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9,068

798

107.8

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95.7

86.4

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1,694

$45,314.70

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99.7

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Water-Supply Residency.

Resident Engineer Harry J. Morrison reports:

Contract No. 50.

This contract provides for the construction of the Hinckley dam and reservoir on West Canada creek.

The embankment portion of the dam is divided into a north and south portion by a masonry section about 500 feet long, comprising a spillway 400 feet long, with an abutment and gate house at each end.

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house sections at elevation 1,240. The total length of the dam is approximately 3,600 feet.

Portions of the north and south abutments have been commenced. At the north gate house the masonry has been laid to elevation 1,165 and the laying of the four 60-incli discharge pipes begun. At the south gate house the inlet channel has been excavated and the two 42-inch pipes and gates are concreted in place and the masonry brought to elevation 1,174. For 55 feet at the north end of the spillway, the foundations have been prepared and the masonry completed to elevation 1,165.

Practically nothing has been done on the core wall and embankment north of the masonry section. South of the masonry section the core wall for a length of 2,300 feet of a probable total length of 2,600 feet has been laid to an average elevation of 1,210. The embankment of the southerly portion, including the third-class riprap on the upstream face, is at an average elevation of 1,200.

No construction work has been done upon the relocated highways.

Geo. H. Briggs, Assistant Engineer, is in charge.

The following summary shows the amount of work put under contract and the amount done to September 30, 1912, including alterations in force.

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, affected by alterations.

as

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

lump sum . . cu. yds.

„. B. M.

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Lining..................

Second-class concrete.....

Iron castings, plain.....................

Drilling bolt-hol

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lbs.

lin. ft.

Sluice gates, etc., for south gate chamber lump sum

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum lump sum . .. ,sq. ft.

Maintaining highway traffic. . Line cb filing (alteration No. 3)

Gross estimate..............

$20,500

137,700

420,000

611,210

7,430

8,910

37,090

63,910

20,440

2,475

536,000

34,235

41,000

1,780

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65,236

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1,325

13,219

4,014

2,339

78,702

213,475

115,788

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Cayuga and Seneca Canal^ Residency Ho. 1. Resident Engineer L. S. Hulburd reports:

This residency extends from the junction of the Cayuga and Seneca canal with the Erie canal near the Montezuma aqueduct to the upper locks at Seneca Falls and includes the following contracts :

Contract A. Eor constructing lock Ho. 1 and dam Ho. 1 near Cayuga.

Contract H. For excavating a channel in Cayuga lake at Ithaca from a point about 300 feet north of Cascadilla street to deep water in Cayuga lake.

Contract B. For excavating a channel mainly in the Seneca river from Montezuma to deep water in Cayuga lake from Cayuga lake to Seneca Falls. The section of this contract from Waterloo to deep water in Seneca lake has been put under the Waterloo residency.

The remainder of the work on this residency has not been let, but will probably be divided as follows:

Contract C, which will provide for the construction of locks Hos. 2 and 3, dam Ho. 2, retaining walls, bridge abutments and appertaining work at Seneca Falls.

Contract D, which will include the dredging of a channel from a point one-half mile east of Demont’s bridge to Seneca Falls within the limits of this residency.

Surveys.

During the year the original scheme for the canal through Seneca Falls has been changed so that the present canal level above Seneca Falls is to be carried to a point below lock Ho. 6, where a high dam and two tandem locks are to be built. Because of this change numerous surveys were made during the year, to include the property to be affected by the proposed reservoir. Three calyx drill borings were made at the dam site to a depth of 5'7 to 67 feet below the surface and a large number of wash drill and drive rod soundings were taken.

Current-meter readings in the river were taken at frequent intervals throughout the year, to check the weir measurement below Seneca Falls. Weekly readings of gages located above and below

the water powers were continued throughout the year and also readings twice a day of three permanent gages along the river.

Contract A.

H. W. Cady, Assistant Engineer, in charge. Scott Bros., of Home, contractors.

The work on contract A has continued throughout the year. The excavation for the east wall and lock chamber was completed and the east wall and floor of the lock were built, completing nearly all of the concrete work in the main part of the lock. Nearly 200 feet of the northeast approach wall has been completed and the foundation course laid for the remainder.

At the dam site a coffer-dam has been built to include the two eastern piers and abutment and the pile foundation and concrete work has been completed for these two piers and abutment.

The following table, including alterations to date, shows the progress of construction:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

First-quality sheeting and bracing... .ft. B. M. Second-quality sheeting and bracing..ft. B. M.

.cu. yds. ft. B. M.

White oak lumber in miter-sills......ft. B. M.

Foundation piles.....................lin.    ft.

Wooden sheet-piling................ft. B. M.

First-quality steel piling...............sq.    ft.

Second-quality steel piling.............sq.    ft.

Second-class concrete................cu.    yds.

Second-class riprap...........

Wrought iron pipe and specials

Structural steel..............

Metal reinforcement.........

Iron castings, plain..........

Iron castings, machined.......

Metal in lock-gates...........

Metal in buffer-beams.........

Metal in lock-valves.........

Metal in Taintor gates.......

Removing buildings...........

Coffer-dam, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum

Forming embankment Sawed lumber.......

cu.

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Maintaining navigation............lump    sum

Excavation and embankment outside of sheeting and bracing in lieu of sheeting and brac-lump sum

Sawed lumber, hemlock.............ft. B. M.

Stone filling in cribs.................cu.    yds.

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining, alteration No. 2.................lump    sum

No.

72,480

12,000

122,000

147,000

10,920

22,000

8,000

31.400 121,500

23,300

50,200

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B. I. Hall, Assistant Engineer, in charge. Crowell-Sherman-Stalter Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, contractors.

The dredge Clyde has continued working down the river from Mnd lock and on 'September 30 had reached a point within a thousand feet of the north limit of the contract, having completed the full cut for a large part of this distance.

A change in the line was brought about by alteration Ho. 1, making the center line a tangent lino from a point near Free bridge to the curves at the north end of the contract. This required additional property surveys and a relocation of the center line.

The dredge w&s shut down for repairs and because of cold weather from January 14 to April 4, and during the year worked 250 days, removing 1,862,506 cu. yds. of material, or an average of 7,450 cu. yds. per day for 250 days.

To maintain the level of Cayuga lake, a second dam made of stone filled cribs was built above the first one near the Free bridge road. This dam has kept the lake from getting below elevation 381.5 during the past season.

The following table, including alterations to date, shows the progress of construction:

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Preliminary

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Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done

to date.

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Clearing..........................lump sum

Excavation.........................cu. yds. 6,463,050 1,862,506    3,526,784

Excavating old masonry.............cu. yds. 1,250

First-quality sheeting and bracing... .ft. B. M.

Second-quality sheeting and bracing, .ft. B. M.

Forming embankment...............cu. yds.

Foundation piles.....................lin. ft.

Wooden sheet-piling...............ft. B. M.

Second-class concrete................cu. yds.

Wash wall.........................cu. yds.

Second-class riprap..................cu. yds.

Third-class riprap...................cu. yds.

Fourth-class riprap..................cu. yds.

Bailing and draining...........lin. ft. of wall

Maintaining navigation..............seasons

Maintaining highway traffic........lump sum

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Contract II.

L. L. Hadley, Assistant Engineer, in charge.

The surveys and plans for this contract were made betwreen October 12 and November 29, 1911, and the contract was let to Janies H. Dawes of Philadelphia on December 22, 1911. On June 12 the contract was transferred to the Hew York State Dredging Corporation of Hochester, X. Y.

In February 1912, the contractors began constructing a hull for a 20-inch suction dredge and after its completion the machinery from another dredge w⁷as installed. On October 1 the dredge is nearly ready for operating.

Ho estimate has yet been given on this contract.

Cayuga and Seneca Canal, Residency Ho. 2.

Resident Engineer A. E. Steere reports:

This residency extends from a point near Seneca Falls to deep water in Seneca lake near Geneva and from deep water in Seneca lake at Watkins to Ayers street, Montour Falls, and comprises contract I and parts of contracts B, C and D.

Contract B.

The Crowell-Sherman-Stalter Co., contractors.

The portion of contract B within the limits of this residency extends from a point near Waterloo to deep wrater in Seneca lake near Geneva, a distance of about five miles.

Appropriation surveys and maps for this portion of the contract have been completed and about 156 acres of land have been appropriated for construction purposes. The off-set center line has been staked out in the field and concrete monuments set at points on the line. The right of way appropriated by the State has been marked by concrete monuments at the angle points.

The work done by the contractor has been confined to sinking several test pits to ascertain the class of material to be encountered.

Contract C.

The portion of the contract included in this residency comprises the construction of a lock and its approach walls and a dam in the village of Waterloo.

Plans are in progress at Albany.

Appropriation surveys for this portion of the contract have been completed and the appropriation maps are in progress.

Contract D.

The portion of the contract in this residency consists in excavating a channel mainly in the Seneca river from a point near Seneca Falls to the easterly end of contract C, at Waterloo, and from the west end of contract C to contract B, Sta. 6449.

Plans are in progress at Albany.

The appropriation surveys for the westerly end of this contract in the village of Waterloo have been made.

Contract I.

This contract consists in excavating a channel from deep water in Seneca lake at Watkins to Ayers street, Montour Falls, a distance of 2.75 miles.

This contract was let to the Central Dredging Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, during September, 1912, for $215,639; Engineer’s estimate, $304,330.

The preliminary surveys, plans and estimate for this contract were made during the fall of 1911 and the early part of 1912.

The appropriation surveys are now in progress with E. S. Overbaugh, Leveler, in charge.

A car load of contractor’s plant arrived on the siding at Watkins on September 24, 1912, but has not been unloaded.

The appropriation maps for this contract are in progress and searches for titles are being made in the County Clerk’s office.

Black River Survey.

Resident Engineer Louis A. Burns reports:

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of the necessary structures were estimated. The routes were first compared, considering only economy, leaving the other features to be later investigated.

In regard to the size of the canal, three different propositions were considered and an estimate made of the cost of each. These were briefly as follows: Full-sized Barge canal prism and locks throughout; full-sized prism with locks 188 ft. by 28 ft.; full-sized prism and locks from Lake Ontario to Watertown, using the same prism with the smaller locks for the remaining distance.

For convenience in comparing the routes, the entire canal extension from Carthage to Lake Ontario was divided into three sections, as follows: Carthage to Watertown; in and around Watertown, and Watertown to Lake Ontario.

From Carthage to Wratertown’s eastern limits there is practically but one way and that is to canalize the river. In and around Watertown there are three principal routes. One follows the river through the city, another passes through the southerly portion, and still another keeps on the north side. From Watertown to Lake Ontario, four routes were considered. The first follows the river practically all the way. The second leaves the river channel about one-lialf mile above the village of Glen Park, and after by-passing certain gorges, reenters the river at Brownville basin, to continue there until the lake is reached. The third route leaves the river at the same point as the second, running thence nearly parallel to the river until an arm of the lake, known as Muskalonge bay, is reached. The fourth route is entirely an artificial channel. Starting from the westerly limits of the city of Watertown, it follows the course of an abandoned hydraulic canal, known as “ Camp’s Ditch,” and enters Lake Ontario at Sacketts Harbor.

After carefully considering the above-mentioned routes, the following was recommended:

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“ Beginning at the point where the line between the counties of Jefferson and Lewis intersects the Black river, which point is the most easterly of the town of Champion and about three-fourths of a mile upstream from the State dam in the village of Carthage; thence down the Black river with the necessary cutting through bends to a point just above the city limits of Watertown; thence through the northerly portion of the city of Watertown over to and down the valley of Cowan’s creek; thence down this valley to the Black river near the Jefferson county fair grounds; thence down the Black river to a point one-half of a mile upstream from the village of Glen Park;

thence over to and down the valley of Muskalonge creek to Muskalonge bay; thence across Muskalonge bay to deep water in Black river bay at Storr’s point; thence through Black Biver bay to Sacketts Harbor on Lake Ontario.”

To follow the course of the river in the city of Watertown would involve many damage claims, as well as much difficult construction. To pass through the southern portion would place the canal in a residential district. This would be both inconvenient for shippers and objectionable to contiguous property owners. On the north side location the canal is placed within the manufacturing districts at the eastern and western sections of the city. On this line docks can easily be built at these points, as well as at the railway freight terminal.

In going from Watertown to Sacketts Harbor the canalizing of the river between Watertown and Dexter is an expensive and difficult matter. Construction would be heavy and many damage claims would result. It is doubtful whether a permanent channel could be maintained through the extensive bar which now obstructs the mouth of the Black river.

By leaving the river before encountering the first gorge and crossing over to the valley of Muskalonge creek, no unusual damages or construction would be necessary. An additional advantage of this route is that it would be possible to locate a permanent harbor in Muskalonge bay, which is a sheltered cove of Black River bay.

The matter of supplying water for operating the canal without lessening the present minimum flow of Black river was thoroughly investigated. Much study was given to the problem of obtaining the necessary water from sources outside of the drainage area of this river. Gages are still being read on certain streams, the utilization of whose flow is under consideration. The feasibility of building storage reservoirs on the lakes which form the headwaters of the Black river without flooding State lands was considered in detail.

This work was completed on April 10, 1912, and a complete report submitted to the State Engineer.

An appropriation of $15,000 was allowed for the execution of this work. The total cost of the work was $10,785.62, leaving a balance of $4,214.38.

The Following Statements Show the Names, Rank and Compensation of Engineers Employed in the Middle Division of the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor, Together with Incidental Expenses, for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1912.

Erie Canal.

Ordinary Repairs to Canals —

Chapter 810, Law's of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Edwin Styring Guy Moulton.

1). E. Whitford R. K. Sheld L. D. Brownell.. C. F. Hopstein.. E. M. Weiskotten

J. J. Ryan.......

C. W. Diefendorf. J. D. Scanlon

W. S. Morris.....

A. B. Dewey.....

Harvey Wagner. . Ferdinand Smith. C. H. Norton.. ..

L. C. Ryan......

E. F. Allen......

George McGlade. Paul W. Kelley.. George B. Kelley.

J. M. Keller.....

John Maley......

William B. Byrne

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. First resident engineer. . .

. Assistant engineer.......

. Assistant engineer.......

. Assistant engineer.......

Draftsman..............

Draftsman..............

Tracer.................

Inspector...............

Ca hier................

Estimate clerk..........

Confidential stenographer

Stenographer...........

Laborer................

Laborer................

Laborer................

Laborer................

Laborer................

Chauffeur..............

Chauffeur..............

Telephone girl..........

Fireman................

| Night watchman........

$350 per month 250 per month 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 5 00 per day 4 00 per day 75 per month 4 00 per day 150 per month 150 per month 125 per month 125 per month 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 100 per month 100 per month 20 per month 75 per month 30 per month

$490 00 200 00 156 00 102 00 60 00 50 00 144 00 139 27 120 00 150 00 625 00 125 00 600 00 632 00 310 00 102 00 50 00 12 00 153 33 200 00 36 67 225 00 120 50

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Fuel and light..........

Postage...............

Telephone and telegraph Miscellaneous..........

Incidental Expenses.

$4,802 77

$67 58 $4,870 35

$123 50 564 20 276 94 971 06 2,206 11

Total

4,141 81 $9,012 16

Ordinary Repairs to Canals — Black Rioer Canal.

Chapter 810, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Guy Moulton. .. R. K. Sheldon.. C. F. Hopstein. . C. G. Lamphere J. J. Ryan.....

First resident engineer Assistant engineer....

Draftsman...........

Draftsman...........

Tracer..............

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Construction of Barge Canal — Erie Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Edwin Styring........ Division engineer.....

Guy Moulton......... first resident engineer

John R. Baxter........ Resident engi

Earle Talbot......... Resident engineer

L. C. Hulburd......... Resident engineer

D. B. Donovan........ iesident engineer

D.    C. Wedgeworth..... Resident engineer

E.    J. Berry........... Resident engineer

Harry J. Morrison.....Resident engineer

D. B. Donovan........ Assistant engineer

H. J. O’Neil.......... Assistant engineer

H. C. Smith..........Assistant engineer

H. A. Gehring.........Assistant engineer

J. G. Palmer..........Assistant engineer

George H. Briggs......Assistant engineer

J. B. Whipple......... Assistant engineer

W. J. Durkin......... Assistant engineer

Foster B. Crocker..... Assistant engineer

A. G. Crysler......... Assistant engineer

D.    J. Levinson.........Assistant engineer

P. H. Budd............Assistant engineer

R. K. Sheldon......... Assistant engineer

R.    R. Stuart.......... Assistant engineer

L. D Brownell........ Assistant engineer

C.    R. Chase...........Assistant engineer

Carl L. Bannister......Assistant engineer

Char es W. Costello.... Assistant    engineer

A. G Card...........Assistant    engin

W. S. Saxton..........Assistant    engineer

Otto Brown...........Assistant engineer

S.    M. Stuart..........Assistant engineer

R. C. Hunter.........Assistant engineer

John L. Bush.........Assistant    engineer

Irvin S. Badger........Assistant    engineer

R. E. Swinney........Assistant engineer

A. W. Smith..........Assistant engineer

Walter F. Shaw.......Assistant engineer

R. W. Smith.......... Assistant engineer

N. R. McLoud........Leveler..........

E.    J. Berry...........Leveler..........

R. E. Swinney........Leveler..........

John F. Greathead.....Leveler..........

D.    J. Levinson........Leveer..........

Charles Donohue......Leveler..........

A.    W. Smith..........Leveler..........

Walter F Shaw.......Leveler..........

John L. Bush.........Leveler..........

W. H. Hilborn........Leveler..........

John B. Doughty......Leveler..........

H.    J. Stevens.........Leveler..........

Edward Dollard.......Leveler..........

John A. Sloat.........Leveler..........

John C. Lewin........Leveler..........

R. C. Hunter.........Leveler..........

C. H. Adams..........Leveler..........

Irvin S. Badger........ Leveler..........

I.    H. Smallwood....... Leveler..........

Joseph Wechsler.......Leveler..........

R. W. Smith.......... Leveler..........

Jacob Gadlowitz....... Leveler..........

B.    A. Krotin er...... Leveler..........

Louis R. Bennett......Rodman.........

P. C. Gallup.......... Rodman.........

John J. Gawkins....... Rodman.........

John L. Doyle.........Rodman.........

L. A. Haquenboirg.... Rodman.........

L. H. Coit............Rodman.........

A. R. Patchke.........Rodman.........

G. H. Thomas.........Rodman.........

Don A. Wilcox........Rodman.........

W. B. Cook...........Rodman.........

F.    A. Gordon.........Rodman.........

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Construction of Barge Canal— Erie Canal— (Continued).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

S. B. Sheriden..

M. H. Boigeol..

F. M. White....

George F. Baker E. C. Ainsley. ..

James Conley...

H. W. Baker....

Powell Wa'l.....

Paul T. Wheeler Edgar N. Scott.

H. W. Grow. ...

E.    C. Neudecker Casper M. Connery.... Rodman

Thomas L. Way.......

J. S. Bierhardt........

Joseph Wechsler.......

P. J. Barron..........

Max Goodman........

Guy L. Smith.........

Henry Heffernan......

Harry R. Topping.....

Guy M. Phelps........

Grover A. Woodard....

J. J. Phalan...........

D.    A. McClellan.......

C. V. O’Malley........

F.    Lewis..............

H.C. Smith..........

Allen A. Patterson.....

C.    N. Budlong........

Ropert E. Gallavin....

L.    A. Kavanagh.......

Frank Lutz...........

E.    G. Warner.........

Roy E. Homan........

Mathew J. Chryst.....

Henry C. Little.......

F.    C. Curtin..........

William Smutzler......

J. H. McEntee........

Howard W. Loftus.....

John L. Dowd, Jr......

Clarence L. Fox.......

M.    W. Booth..........

Morris Alter..........

Morris Straus.........

James P. Mullen.......

E. C. Neudecker.......

J. J. Quinn............

Walter M. Jackson, Jr..

George L. Dunlop.....

Joseph J. Darcy.......

William H. Barhyte....

Earl J. Buliis..........

W. J. Curtis..........

H. W. Grow...........

Samuel Covner........

Guy L. Smith.........

Edward T. Gawkins....

J. T. Phalan..........

William J. Lewis.......

Henry TenHagen......

D.    E. Robbins........

Dennis B. Lynch......

Thomas Farrell........

Arthur Johnson........

Bernard Steinberg.....

W. Lester Grogan......

James Cross..........

William Persall........

William D. Pardee.....

Albert Brown.........

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Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Daniel D. Donovan.... Laborer

Ben Sexton...........Laborer

Clarence Phelps.......Laborer

James Ward..........Laborer

C. Donovan...........Laborer

J. C. McElroy.........Laborer

Herbert Hitchings.....Laborer

James Keating........Laborer

Otis Van Wie.........Laborer

H. M. Fancher........Laborer

William T. Tanner, Jr.. Laborer Dennis Murray G. H. Krug...

Thomas Lewis.

E. Herrick....

L. Denner, Jr.

E. F. Allen....

James Maroney.......Laborer

Henry Akin...........Laborer

George Grogan........Laborer

John Copia...........Laborer

William Farrier........Laborer

Frank J. Lynch........Laborer

Leo B. Brennan.......Laborer

Andrew Dardis........Laborer

Frank A. Wiltse.......Laborer

Joseph Reh...........Laborer

William P. Rayland.... Laborer Horace Stewart..

John H. Boyland Charles H. Sponenburg. Laborer

G. E. Cahill...........Laborer

William Abbott.......Laborer

Louis C. Ryan........Laborer

Bradford Drake.......Laborer

John P. Maroney......Laborer

Thomas Nugent.......Laborer

Edward T. Gawkins. . . Laborer

Clarence Smith........Laborer.

Francis Daly..........Laborer.

Clark H. Norton......Laborer.

John Dygert..........Laborer.

W. H. Rundle.........Boatman

E. P. Downer.........Boatman

Oscar Svenson.........Boatman

Daniel Kilmore........Boatman

William Potter........Boatman

Fred Sweet...........Boatman

Charles Sponenburg... . Boatman Thomas Gray....

Joseph F. O’Brien William Biehler..

Samuel Holstein..

Frank Ladd......

G.    R. Steadman..

W. M. Brewer....

James L. Grogan.

A. W. Bischell....

Ward T. Marriott C. F. Hopstein. ..

R.    M. Fraser C. G. Lamph L. H. Friedman. .

E. M. Weiskotten

H.    W. Baker.....

Harold M. Cox..

Jerry J. Ryan...

S.    M. Stuart....

W. J. Kelly......

Alfred Evans....

John B. Doughty C. W. Diefendorf

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Boatman.........

Boatman.........

Boatman.........

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Axeman..........

Axeman..........

Draftsman........

Drastsman........

Draftsman........

Draftsman........

Draftsman........

Draftsman........

Draftsman.......

Tracer..........

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Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

M. G. Case...........

William Heimann, Jr... Masonry inspector

Frank De Vail........Masonry inspector

W. S. Morris..........Estimate clerk..........

John D. Scanlon.......Cashier.................

Arthur B. Dewey......Confidential stenographer

L. J. Mulhauser.......Stenographer...........

Harvey Wagner.......Stenographer...........

Paul Kelley...........Chauffeur..............

George B. Kelley......Chauffeur..............

L. W. Moulton........Gage reader............

Frank Shane..........Gage reader............

William H. Burns......Gage reader............

William Prettie........Gage reader............

Mark Quimby.........Gage reader............

J. H. Rupert..........Gage reader............

Floyd Bettinger.......Gage reader............

Marie Brandt Brown... Gage reader

Daniel Brown.........Gage reader

W. T. Crill...........Gage reader

Mrs. A. H. Hoffmeister. Gage reader E. A. Hurlbut....

Clyde Judge.....

A. H. La Fevre...

H. F. Mason.....

Marie Powell.....

Henry Straub....

Griff G. Williams.

John Phillips.....

W. H. Dunn.....

E. A. Evans.....

Chris Hannon.. . .

Charles Brannock Lewis McArthur .

John Hillyer.....

Solomon Walts...

Charles Bourke...

John Chamberlain W. M. Hubbard..

Mark Kennedy...

Tally Goodfellow.

George Heagle. . .

Arthur Mason...

George E. Wright Mrs. Grace Keating.... Livery

C. E. Smith...........Livery

Moses Barney Estate. . Livery

David Butler..........Livery

E. Costello............Livery

Frank E. Henabray.... I Livery

L. C. O’Neil..........'Livery

Mrs. B. Van Ertfelda. . 'Livery

Arthur Archambo......i Livery

Charles Swan.........| Livery

James Roberts........| Livery

George H Shufelt.....\ Livery

C. L. Hickland........j Livery

H. G. Donovan........[Livery

Charles H. Connor.....Livery

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7    00 per month 7 00 per month

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29    00

21    00 416 00 482 00 144 00

25 50 349 00 180 00 469 00 103 00 51 00

30    00 756 00

49    50 498 50

1,060 00 920 00 318 00

Instruments, tools and appliances

Office rent...................

Fuel and light.................

Stationery and printing.........

Postage.......................

Telephone and telegraph........

Miscellaneous..................

Incidental expenses.

$157,725 56

$189 15 1,517 00 525 92 133 62 331 14 708 09 8,012 47

11,527 39

Total

$169,252 95

NAME.

Edwin Styring. . . Guy Moulton James Burden Theron M. Ripley

Construction of Barge Canal — Oswego Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Division engineer.....

First resident engineer Resident engineer.... Resident engineer.... George C. Andrews. ... Resident engineer.    . . .

George H. Haley......Resident engineer....

H. J. Scheuermann.... Bridge designer

John G. Scanlon.......Cashier......

W. S. Morris..........Estimate clerk

A. B. Dewey..........Confidential stenographer

Harvey Wagner.......Stenographer...........

W. D. Gartland.......Stenographer...........

Chester C. Hahn......Stenographer...........

Walter L. Collins......Stenographer...........

George C. Andrews. ... Assistant engineer

Edward M. Ellis.......Assistant engineer

George H. Haley......Assistant engineer

R. K. Sheldon.........Assistant engineer

D.    H. Judson.........Assistant engineer

P. H. Budd...........Assistant engineer

F. H. Flint...........Assistant engineer

H. H. Brown.......... Assistant engineer

Solomon Reswick......Assistant engineer

F. H. Flint...........Leveler..........

W. H. Carnrike.......Leveler..........

Carl Moulton.........Leveler..........

John G. Ettinger......Leveler..........

C. E. Larned..........Leveler..........

A. D. Brown..........Leveler..........

H. A. Armstrong......Leveler..........

H. H. Brown..........Leveler..........

George C. Hannon.....Leveler..........

E.    J. Clohessy......... Leveler..........

P. H. Budd...........Leveler..........

M. D. Ewell..........Leveler..........

William H. Hilborn.... Leveler

L. H. Freidman.......Bridge draftsman

C. H. Hopstein........Draftsman......

H. A. J. Castor........Draftsman......

Harry Kehoe..........Draftsman......

John D. Ettinger......Draftsman......

L.    H. Wright..........Rodman........

Philip J. Baron........ Rodman........

Clyde E. Learned......Rodman........

R. M. Mark..........Rodman.......

A. J. Mantica.........Rodman.......

William H. Carnrike... Rodman.......

Earle K. Dewey Leon C. Loomis

Andrew J. Crowe, Jr... Rodman Max Goodman

Nathan J. Freedman... Rodman Vernon Vandeberg

F.    C. Sellnow. . ..

W. W. Redfern...

A. T. Brown.....

Roy Engell......

R. J. Storm......

William Crahan. .

J. C. Adams.....

F.    C. Curtin.....

E. H. Assenheimer Joseph Rosenweig.

G.    E. Cahill......

J E. Smith......

M.    J. Kelly......

M. W. Booth....

Louis Salmowitz..

P. N. Edwards...

James B, Sullivan,

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman. Rodman. . Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman

$350 per month 250 per month 250 per month 250 per month 250 per month 250 per month 175 per month 150 per month 150 per month 125 per month 125 per month 75 per month 60 per month 60 per month 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 5 50 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day

4    50 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day

4    50 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day

125 per month 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day 4 00 per day 3 50 pei day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 2 50 per day

2    50 per day

3    00 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day

2    50 per day

3    00 per day

$1,170 00 775 00 3,000 00 3,000 00 588 71 801 54 175 00 750 00 175 00 750 00 250 00

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704 52 .. 21 29 .. 1,260 00 2,070 00 1,374 00 540 00 1.771 00 .. 600 00 665 00 .. 480 00 .. 125 00 995 00 .. 1,422 00!.. 1,471 50!.. 652 50 .. 724 50 .. 297 00 .. 477 01 .. 1,105 00 .. 1,605 00 .. 1,408 50 ..

945 00 1,565 00 1,430 00 291 52 .. 110 00 1,565 00 .. 1,565 00 . .

728 00 .. 1,054 00 .. 822 50 .. 748 00 .. 1,285 50 .. 52 50 .. 21 00 .. 108 50 .. 385 00|.. 1,154 00 .. 42 00 .. 259 00 .. 353 50 .. 182 00 .. 982 50 .. 988 50 .. 853 50 .. 977 50 .. 1,026 00 .. 345 00 .. 676 00 .. 898 00 .. 787 50 ..

840

7 50

333 00 797 00 427 50 25 00: 135 00 156 00l

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38 60

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Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Inspector

Inspector

Inspector

Inspector

Inspector

W. N. Dutcher...,

A. H. Hallenbeck.

W. A. Walter....

W. J. Kelly......

Charles B. Herring Alfred Moosbrugger.... Axeman

Foster J. Beach. .

Patrick Ryan....

James Griffin.....

James McKay....

Thomas Redmond James A. Lair....

John Shay.......

Oscar Svenson....

James L. Grogan.

L. A. Halpin.....

L. C. Ryan......

Henry Turk......

T. R. Ward......

William Cullen...

W. A. Cronin. . ..

A. M. Roy.......

D. Heenan.......

William Fitzgibbons, Jr. Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer

Axeman. Boatman Boatman Boatman Boatman Boatman Boatman Boatman Boatman Boatman Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer.

M. E. Murray....

Jesse Penfield....

John Madigan....

Thomas Brady...

Daniel Mehegan..

H. C. Watson....

Claude Althouse..

C.    H. Norton. . . .

William Cavanagh Edward H. Kimball.... Laborer Thomas Storrier

P. L. Ryan......

J. L. Powers.....

Alonzo Clark.....

John Dygert.....

ler Griffin.....

J. M. Foley......

William Griggs, Jr George Archambo.

Leon Hallenbeck.

Arthur C. Owens.

Smith Sharp.....

L.    D. Sterling....

Bert Thomas.....

D.    D. Tompkins..

B. M. Wilcox. . ..

James J. Frisbie. .

Fulton Livery Co.

M.    T. Crimmins..

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6 00 per month 5 00 per month 5 00 per month 5 00 per month 5 00 per month 5 00 per month 5 00 per month 5 00 per month 5 00 per month

00 626 00 228 00 44 00! 640 00: 468 00' 632 00 456 00 638 00 648 00 108 00 574 00 52 00 304 00 230 00 70 00 104 00 16 00 542 00 584 00 288 00 666 00 608 00 72 00 60 00 20 00 20 00 20 00 60 00 60 00 60 09 40 00

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$81,028 60

Instruments and tools. . .

Office rent.............

Fuel and light.........

Stationery and printing.

Postage...............

Telegraph and telephone Miscellaneous..........

Incidental Expenses.

$258,93 1,163 96 281 29 74 07 181 21 434 84 3,815 25

6,209 55

Construction of Barge Canal •—■ Cayuga and Seneca Canal.

Chapter 391, Laws of 1909; Chapter 214, Laws of 1911; Chapter 339, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Edwin Styring........Division    engineer...

G. F. Stickney........Supervising engineer

W. H. Yates..........Supervising engineer

M. G. Barnes.........Consulting engineer.

G. S. Green, Jr........Consulting engineer.

D. Kennard Thompson. Consulting engineer.....

William H. Burr.......Consulting engineer.....

Joseph Ripley.........Consulting engineer.....

Thomas Hassett.......Confidential assistant...

A. E. Steere...........Resident engineer......

R. E. Phillips.........Resident engineer......

G.    E. Gibson..........Assistant engineer......

L. S. Hulburd......... Resident engineer......

Guy Moulton.........First resident engineer. .

Waldo G. Wildes......Resident engineer......

Noble E. Whitford.....iResident engineer......

H.    J. Scheuermann.... Bridge designer........

Horace Corbin........Bridge designer........

R.    B. Allen...........Draftsman.............

C. M. Chuckrow......Draftsman.............

Charles Messina.......Draftsman.............

J. H. McCormick, Jr.. . Draftsman.............

C. F. Hopstein........Draftsman.............

J. H. Stevens.........Draftsman.............

S.    T. Vosburgh........ Draftsman.............

L.    B. Westfall.........Draftsman.............

George D. Meer.......Draftsman.............

J. J. Cosgrave.........Architectural draftsman.

A. Bluestone..........Junior bridge    draftsman.

C. A. Huhne..........Junior bridge    draftsman.

C. J. Hall.............Tracer................

W. J. Henk...........Tracer.................

John D. Scanlon.......Cashier................

A.    B. Dewey..........Confidential stenographer

Harvey Wagner.......Stenographer...........

C. W. Diefendorf......Inspector..............

R.    W. Barrett.........Assistant    engineer.......

M.    W. Grimes.........Assistant    engineer.......

C. L. Hayward........Assistant    engineer.......

T.    R. Hazelum........Assistant    engineer.......

I.    S. Matlaw..........Assistant    engineer.......

S.    R. Tighe...........Assistant    engineer.......

H. A. Weeks..........Assistant    engineer.......

J.    B. Whipple.........Assistant    engineer.......

L. D. Brownell........Assistant    engineer.......

Thomas R. Tetley, Jr.. Assistant engineer.......

R. W. Cady...........Assistant    engineer.......

B.    I. Hall.............Assistant    engineer.......

L. L. Hadley..........Leveler.................

J. M. Prior...........Leveler.................

E. S. Overbaugh.......Leveler.................

H. S. Sparr...........Leveler.................

E.    A. Duschak........Leveler.................

H. J. Stabile..........Leveler.................

R.    E. Drake..........Leveler.................

L.    E. Moyer..........Rod

M.    L. Babcock........

H. L. Drake..........

C.    S. Deitz...........

W. C. Stuart..........

F.    E Hardy..........

S.    M. Messer..........

Frank Layl William Br Thomas Redmond.

C. G. McCarthy..

Charles Sterling. . .

William H. Rundle James L. Grogan. .

J. H. McCabe.....

James Hutt.

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$350 per month 5,000 per year 4,000 per year 60 00 per day 60 00 per day 60 00 per day 60 00 per day 600 per month

250 per month 200 per month 7 00 per day 250 per month 250 per month 250 per month 250 per month 175 per month 150 per month 4 00 per day 4 00 per day

4    00 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day

150 per month 75 per month 75 per month 60 per month 75 per month] 150 per month: 125 per month) 125 per month!

3    50 per day)

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6    00 per day!

6    00 per dayl 5 00 per day

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5    00 per day! 7 00 per day

6    00 per day 00 per day!

6 00 per day 6 00 per day] 6 00 per day! 5 00 per dayi 5 00 per dayl

4    50 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day

4    50 per day

5    00 pei day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day

2    50 per day

3    00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day

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301 40 17 76

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55 00 52 00 552 00 52 00 65 00

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65 00 65 00 65 00 22 32 75 00 25 00 35 00 30 00 360 03 150 00 125 00 250 00 283 50 65 00 78 00 78 00 65 00 91 00 65 00 91 00 78 00 218 93 1,955 50 2,043 42 1,843 03 1,644 37 702 0J 676 69 1,565 00 1,535 00 666 00 1,643 85 976 25 1,123 50 1,009 00 792 00 805 69 182 00 248 20 998 50 412 50 712 00 144 00 144 00 183 00 024 00 996 00 22 14

Construction of Barge Canal — Cayuga and Seneca Canal

(Concluded).

Chapter 391, Laws of 1333; Chapter 214, La vs of 1911; Chapter 339, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

John Shay..........

Philip S. Steigman.. . H. W. Stoneburg....

Fred H. Palmer.....

Henry Oakes........

Bernard Kirk.......

George J. Farrell....

Dean Davis.........

James Tobin........

George McGrain.... Leon Tunney.......

D.    B. Haumer.......

Peter Woods........

Charles Hassan......

F. P. Ryan.........

John J. Tubridy.....

Peter McKevitt.....

O.    A. Hawes........

Charles E. Skinner...

L. A. Cowing.......

John F. Sullivan.....

P.    J. Cullen.........

Thomas Brown......

W. D. Knapp.......

Seaman Knapp......

W. F. Macreery.....

R. A. Petrone.......

Henry O’Connell Frank T. Whalan.... Patrick McGuire

James Thorne.......

John Costigan.......

John Marshall.......

J. H. McCarthy.....

Emmett Durkan.....

William Brown......

Martin Casey.......

John McGrain......

Francis J. Clary.....

L. C. Ryan.........

Benjamin Rogers

E.    F. Allen.........

John D. Marshall....

J. J. Maloney.......

William H. Grover...

John Coffee.........

Edward Fitzgerald...

Anna L. Green......

A. H. O’Reilly......

Warren Van Ripper..

John Quail..........

Seymour Addis......

D. M. Kellogg......

Boatman..........

Axeman...........

Foreman of borings Foreman of borings

Laborer...........

Laborer...........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

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R. K. Sheldon....

L.    D. Brownell... C. W. Diefendorf. C. F. Hopstein. .. Jerry J. Ryan....

M.    J. Chryst.....

R. E. Gallavin.. .

Postage......

Miscellaneous

Total

NAME.

E. M. Weiskotten

NAME.

E. A. Brainard. E. G. Semon... L. H. Freedman

I.    S. Abrahams. A. W. Conner.. C. F. Hopstein.

S. Cohen......

L. C. West.....

J.    F. Blaise....

Franklin Street Bridge, Syracuse.

Chapter 453, Laws of 1909; Chapter 527, Laws of 1910.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Assistant engineer. Assistant engineer. Masonry inspector

Draftsman........

Tracer...........

Chainman........

Chainman........

Incidental Expenses.

$6 00 per day 6 00 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day 75 per month 3 00 per day 3 00 per day

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$0 92 140 61

141 53

$1,416 37

Washington Street Bridge, Rome.

Chapter 522, Laws of 1910.

Draftsman

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

$4 00 per day

Services.

$104 00

Dominick Street Bridge, Rome.

Chapter 877, Laws of 1911.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Travel.

Total.

$104 00

Services. Travel.

Total.

Bridge designer.......

Bridge designer.......

Bridge draftsman.....

Bridge draftsman......

Bridge draftsman......

Engineering draftsman Engineering draftsman

Tracer...............

Tracer...............

$175 per month 175 per month 125 per month 125 per month 125 per month 5 00 per day 4 00 per dayj 75 per month i 50 per month I

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Incidental Expenses.

$1,031 80

$48 84

48 84

Total

$1,080 64

NAME.

Improvement of Weigh-Lock Building, Syracuse.

Chapter 524, Laws of 1910.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

Guy Moulton. .. Carl F. Hopstein Jerry J. Ryan...

First resident engineer

Draftsman..........

Tracer..............

$250 per month 5 00 per day 75 per month

$100 00 710 00 101 61

$100 00 710 00 101 61

Stationery and printing

Incidental Expenses.

$911 61

$20 63

20 63

Total

$932 24

Surveys for State Board of Claims.

Chapter 513, Laws of 1910: Chapter 811, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Guy Moult

D.    E. Whitford... R. K. Sheldon....

L.    D. Brownell... C. F. Hopstein. ..

E.    M. Weiskotten C. G. Lamphere.. Jerry J. Ryan....

M.    J. Chryst....

F.    C. Curtin....

Harvey Wagner. Clark H. Norton. L. C. Ryan.....

First assistant engineer.

Assistant engineer.....

Assistant engineer.....

Assistant engineer.....

Draftsman...........

Draftsman...........

Draftsman...........

Tracer...............

Chainman............

Chainman............

Stenographer.........

Laborer..............

Laborer..............

$250 per month 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 5 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 O' per day 75 per month 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 125 per month 2 00 per day

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Miscellaneous

Incidental Expenses.

31 60

Total

$3,520 85

Mapping Canal Lands.

Chapter 199, Laws of 1910.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

E. C. Olcott.... Samuel Cohen... Charles Montag. A. A. Vickers. . .

John Shay......

Earl Willis.....

Clark H. Norton E. C. Taylor....

Assistant engineer

Draftsman......

Rodman........

Chainman.......

Boatman........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

Launch.........

$6 00 per day 4 00 per day 3 50 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day

$1,254 00 116 00 91 00 627 00 366 00 418 00 54 00

$139 14

2 95

126 00

$1,393 14 116 00 91 00 627 00 368 95 418 00 54 00 126 00

Stationery and printing.

Postage...............

Rent.................

Telephone and telegraph Miscellaneous..........

Incidental Expenses.

$2,926 00    $268 09

......... $0 60

$3,194 09

74

10 00

25

45 51

57 10

Total

$3,251 19

NAME.

E.    C. Olcott.. A. A. Vickers.

F.    W. Kinney. John Shay.... Earl M. Willis

Postage......

Miscellaneous

Total

NAME.

Surveys, Field Notes and Manuscript Maps.

Chapter 511, Laws of 1912.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

Assistant engineer

Chainman.......

Boatman........

Boatman........

Laborer.........

Incidental Expenses.

$6 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 2 09 per day

$624 00 39 00 268 50

$88 13

$712 13 39 00 268 50

208 00

1 15

1 15

208 00

$1,139 50    $89 28

$1,228 78

$0 50 41 25

41 75

$1,270 53

Black River Survey.

Chapter 190, Law3 of 1911.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Guy Moulton....

Louis A. Burns...

W. J. Durkin. . . .

R. W. Smith.....

Walter F. Shaw. .

C. H. Adams.....

E. M. Weiskotten Charles M. Chuchrow.. Rodman. .

Rodman. . Rodman. Rodman. Rodman. Rodman. Rodman. Chainman Chainman Chainman Chainman

First resident engineer Resident engineer Assistant engineer

Reveler.............

Leveler.............

Leveler.............

Draftsman..........

Octave DeCarre.

James Conley...

John C. Lewin. .

L.    H. Wright. . .

Philip J. Baron..

Joseph Wechsler.

H. W. Grow. . ..

M.    W. Booth.. .

Philip Schwartz.

William Smutzler James O. Fitzpatrick... Laborer....

Laborer Laborer Laborer Gage reader Gage reader Gage reader

G. E. Cahill.....

T. S. Burns.....

Henry Coan Newell H. Heath

B. F. Wise......

Una Marshall...

$250 per month 250 per month 6 00 per day

4    50. per day

5    09 per day 4 50 per day 4 00 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day 4 00 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day 2 59 per day 2 50 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 10 per month 10 per month 10 per month

oo§§og° g g g g ggggSSggggggiSR

....... $100 00

$562 30    2,066 72

480 00 738 00 80 00 202 50 216 00 546 00 52 51 399 85 36 00 192 00 252 00 119 00 410 00 142 50 195 00 112 50 234 00 294 00 318 00 314 00 107 00 107 00 90 00

4 35

Stationery and printing.

Livery................

Fuel and light.........

Postage...............

Office rent............

Telephone and telegraph Miscellaneous.........

Incidental Expenses.

$7,237 92    $566 65 $7,804 57

$7 38 173 25

3 25

10 75 118 83 12 89 465 13

791 48

Total...

$8,596 05

Summary.

The foregoing tables are summarized as follows:

Ordinary Repairs to Canals.

1.    Erie canal, chapter 810, Laws of 1911.......

2.    Black River canal, chapter 810, Laws of 1911

$9,012 16 237 84

Construction of Barge Canal.

3.    Erie canal, chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.................

4.    Oswego canal, chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws...............

5.    Cayuga and Seneca canal, chapter 391, Laws of 1909, and amendatory laws... .

Special Work.

6.    Franklin street bridge, Syracuse, chapter 453, Laws of 1909; chapter 527, Laws

of 1910..............................................................

7.    Washington street bridge, Rome, chapter 522, Laws of 1910..................

8.    Dominick street bridge, Rome, chapter 877, Laws of 1912....................

9.    Improvement of Weigh-loek building, Syracuse, chapter 524, Laws of 19i0. . . .

Special Surveys.

10.    Surveys for State Board of Claims, chapter 513, Laws of 1910; chapter 811,

Laws of 1911.........................................................

11.    Mapping canal lands, chapter 199, Laws of 1910............................

12.    Surveys, field notes and manuscript maps, chapter 511, Laws of 1912.........

13.    Black river survey, chapter 190, Laws of 1911..............................

Total..............................................................

169,252 95 87,238 15 54,541 94

1,416 37 104 00 1,080 64 932 24

3,520 85 3,251 19 1,270 53 8,596 05

$340,454 91

Table of Contracts Completed on the Middle Division During the Fiscal Year Ended

September 30, 1912.

Special Work.

Final

payment.

Contract

price.

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

Appropria

tion.

Act.

Year.

Chap.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

$37,112 37 11,673 96

Final

payment.

$45,314 70 16,733 56

$38,245 75 9,231 50

$43,131 75 9,817 40

$51,000 00 15,000 00

1910

1910

527

524

Franklin street bridge, Syracuse Weigh-lock building, Sy

racuse

Dec. 3, 1910 Nov. 16, 1911

Special Work, Connected with Barge Canal Construction.

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

Act.

Year.

Chap.

$46,386 80 15,419 90

1909

1909

Character of work.

Date of contract.

453

13

Highways adjacent to Delta reservoir......

Raising highway adjacent to contract No. 78, near Fulton.......................

June 15, 1910 June 15, 1910

Charles B. Foster...........

The O. M. Edwards Company

CONTRACTOR.

Cunningham-Woodard Co Cunningham-Woodard Co

Final

payment.

$1,332 14 24,961 03 7,526 25 50,068 19 33,979 58 110,886 34

Payment to September 30, 1912.

$207 00

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

$1,350 92 26,284 65 7,560 69 49,025 95 37,480 00 117,390 64

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

$1,353 10 46,463 24 8,190 50 55,154 00 39,735 00 134,340 00

Construction of Barge Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

Character of work.

Contract No. 4-B, along Burdick’s road

Contract No. 33, Oswego canal — Lock-gates, etc., on contract No. 10........................................

Contract No. 55-R, Water-supply — Moving cemetery from

site of contract No. 55...............................

Contract No. 78, Oswego canal — Dike along Oswego river

near Fulton.........................................

Contract No. 79, Oswego canal — Bridge street bridge at

Oswego............................................

Contract No. 80, Oswego canal — Dam and bulkheads at Phoenix............................................

Erie canal — Concrete highway bridge

Date of contract.

Dec. 8, 1910 Jan. 7, 1910 Nov. 3, 1911 Aug. 18, 1910 Sept. 23, 1910 Jan. 16, 1911

CONTRACTOR.

E. J. Doyle & Co

Penn Bridge Co

Kalk & Brown

Cunningham-Woodard Co

Lupfer & Remick........

Walter Bradley..........

Table of Contracts Pending on the Middle Division, September 30, 1912.

Special Work.

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

$19,874 00

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

$22,790 50

Act.

Year.

1911

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

Chap.

877

Constructing a highway bridge over Black River canal at East Dominick street, Rome................................

July 24, 1912

Lupfer & Remick

Table of Contracts Pending on the Middle Division, September 30, 1912 — (Continued). Special Work, Connected with Barge Canal Construction.

Value of work to September 30, 1912

Engineer’s

preliminary Contract price, estimate.

Act.

Chap. Year.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

$680 00 70,350 00 3,560 00

$4,629 00 93,019 50 90,228 50

$73,000 00

1909

1909

1909

cccoco

Road A, adjacent to contract No. 37. Road B, adjacent to contract No. 37 Ox creek highways, near Fulton.....

Jan. 3, 1912 Jan. 3, 1912 Aug. 14, 1912

Construction of the Barge Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903; Chapter 391, Laws of 1909; and amendatory laws.

Value of work done to September 30, 1912.

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

$239,990 00 668,360 00

88,600 00

76,240 00 2,598,510 00

10,250 00

40,500 00

641,250 00

$317,597 00 1,206,019 00

174,513 90

516,336 00 3,558,145 84

17,956 50

127,521 00 27,099 20 760,917 20

J*

1,137,930 00

230.720    00

478,670 00 301,340 00 922,270 00

734.720    00

233,890 00

149,630 00 883,350 00

12,010 00

80,950 00

980 00 3,300 00

590 00

208,680 00

740,820 00

$395,285 00 1,149,988 00

103,058 00

515,044 00 3,082,560 00

17,471 50

107,126 00 24,916 00 752,760 00

Contract No. 5-A, Erie canal — Completing contract No. 5,

from Mosquito Point to Campbell’s bridge..............

Contract No. 10, Oswego canal — Through Fulton.........

Contract No. 10-A, Oswego canal — P rom Broadway bridge,

Fulton, south to contract No. 39......................

Contract No. 10-B, Oswego canal — From the upper end of

lock No. 2, Fulton, north to contract No. 37............

Contract No. 12, Erie canal — Oneida lake to Mosquito Point Contract No. 13, Erie canal — Bridges on part of contract

No. 12.............................................

Contract No. 22, Erie canal —- Bridges on part of contract

No. 12.............................................

Contract No. 22-A, Erie canal —- Bridge at Weedsport.....

Contract No. 35, Oswego canal — Through Oswego........

Jan. 20, 1912

June 7, 1906 Dec 14, 1911

Mar. 4, 1912

Sept. 23, 1907 Nov. 7, 1908

Sept. 24, 1910

Aug. 8, 1912 Sept. 16, 1907

2,462,608 70

1,048,674 40

1,047,366 05 1,413,015 90 1,760,913 35

1,305,930 05

971,768 00

397,093 00 945,839 55

93,596 00

13,150 50

1,992,220 00

972,900 00

1,312,814 00 1,529,885 00 1,926,093 00

1,367,583 00

1,076,000 00

424,710 00 1,014,525 00

85,625 00

12,783 50

88,006 41

64,020 20 40,639 50

39,370 00

376,233 50

1,436,597 50 216,509 90 215,639 00

86,536 35

64,840 00 44,599 50

45,580 00

393,133 50

1,832,550 00 178,237 00 304,330 00

Contract No. 37, Oswego canal — Between Fulton and

Oswego............................................

Contract No. 39, Oswego canal — Three River Point to

Fulton.............................................

Contract No. 42, Erie canal —- Herkimer-Oneida county line

to Oriskany road....................................

Contract No. 43, Erie canal — Oriskany road to Mud creek. Contract No. 44, Erie canal — Mud creek to contract No. 4. Contract No. 46, Erie canal — Fox Ridge to Wayne county

line................................................

Contract No. 50, Water-supply — Dam across West Canada

creek at Hinckley...................................

Contract No. 51, Water-supply — Feeder from Trenton

Falls on West Canada creek to Nine-Mile creek.........

Contract No. 55, Water-supply — Delta reservoir.........

Contract No. 57, Erie canal — Through Onondaga lake

outlet..............................................

Contract No. 85, Oswego canal — Bridge over lock at

Phoenix............................................

Contract No. 90, Erie and Oswego canals — Power-supply: Erie canal, lock No. 24, and Oswego canal, locks Nos. 1, 2,

7 and 8............................................

Contract No. 90-A, Oswego canal — Power-plants at locks

Nos. 1, 2, 7 and 8...................................

Contract No. 101, Erie canal — Bridge at Three Rivers. . . . Contract No. 104, Oswego canal — Bridge at Broadway,

Fulton.............................................

Contract A, Cayuga and Seneca canal — Lock No. 1 and

dam No. 1, near Cayuga.............................

Contract B, Cayuga and Seneca canal — Dredging Seneca river, Montezuma to Cayuga lake, Cayuga lake to Seneca

Falls, Waterloo to Seneca lake........................

Contract H, Cayuga and Seneca canal — Dredging Cayuga

lake inlet...........................................

Contract I, Cayuga and Seneca canal — Improvement from Seneca lake to Montour Falls.........................

Dec. 9, 1910

April 15, 1910

July 9, 1909

Oct. 15, 1909 Jan. 8, 1910 Nov. 23, 1908

Sept. 23, 1910

Dec. 23, 1910

Oct. 19, 1908 Aug. 6, 1912

Aug. 5, 1911

April 12, 1910

Aug. 8, 1912

Aug. 8, 1912 Mar. 5, 1912

Dec. 30, 1910

Dec. 29, 1910

Dec. 22, 1911 Sept. 23, 1912

Henry P. Burgard... Henry P. Burgard. . James Stewart & Co.

CONTRACTOR.

James Stewart & Co.6

McDermott Contracting Co.a.. The T. A. Gillespie Co.b........

Oswego Construction Co., Inc.b

James Stewart & Co..........

Penn Bridge Co..............

M. Fitzgerald................

Lupfer & Remick.............

Gilmour-Horton-Allen Co.....

Henry P. Burgard.. . . James Stewart & Co.a

Shanley-Morrisey, Inc.a......

M. A. Talbott Co...........

Scott Brothers..............

Kinser Construction Co......

Buffalo Dredging Co.........

Alto Construction Co........

Arthur McMullen...........

New York State Dredging Co

Lupfer & Remick............

D’Olier Engineering Co......

Lupfer & Remick.........

Barrally & Ingersoll........

R. B. Murdock............

Scott Brothers............

Crowell-Sherman-Stalter Co

James H. Dawes

The Central Dredging Co

a Suspended by order of Canal Board. b Relet to complete former contracts.

Extra and Unspecified Work Orders Paid to September 30,

1912.

contract no.

Date of order.

Amount.

Total.

10

10

10

10

10-A

12

33

35

45

45

45

50

51

63

53

Nov. 2, 1906 May 20, 1909 June 4, 1909 Aug. 3, 1909 Nov. 18, 1909 May 24, 1910

June 9, 1908 Feb. 2, 1909 May 10, 1909

Oct. 21, 1907 Jan. 13, 1908 April 24, 1908 Feb. 1, 1911

July 2, 1912

Jan. 23, 1909

July 14, 1911

Oct. 2, 1908 Sept. 20, 1910

Dec. 15,1908 Aug. 5, 1909 Oct. 29, 1909

Sept. 22, 1911

Aug. 9, 1912

April 18, 1911 May 3, 1911

$1,257 29 281 34 399 22 7,635 64 62 65 2,948 31

$49 50 24 18 3,143 17

$166 00 1,032 00

821 10

$35 00

$328 51

$302 13

$760 95 150 00

$68 71 480 20 317 97

$1,270 20

$816 00

$236 38 876 76

$12,584 45

3,216 85

2,019 10

35 00

328 51

302 13

910 95

866 88

1,270 20

816 00

65

55

55

55

Dec. 29, 1910 Jan. 12,1912 May 20, 1912 July 29, 1912 July 30, 1912

$405 30 706 12 362 69 130 20 58 65

1,113 14

55-R

78

79

80

90

10

July 10, 1912

Sept. 3, 1910

Jan. 24, 1912

Dec. 6, 1911

June 15, 1911 Jan. 27, 1912 Feb. 28, 1912

$101 28

$51 10

$680 68

$209 15

$562 42 22 00 615 72

1,662 96 101 28

51 10

680 68

209 15

1,200 14

Grand total

$27,368 52

REPORT

OS' THE

DIVISION ENGINEER

OF THE

WESTERN DIVISION

For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912

WESTERN DIVISION.

State of New York.

Department of State Engineer and Surveyor, Western Division.

Rochester, N. Y., October 1, 1912.

Hon. John A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor, Albany,

N. Y.:

Sir.— I have the honor of submitting herewith my annual report as Division Engineer of the Western Division, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.

The Western Division includes the existing and proposed lines of all of the Erie canal lying west of the Wayne-Seneca county line.

The principal work of the division has been the construction of the Barge canal, but other operations herewith enumerated have also engaged the attention of the staff.

BOARD OF CLAIMS.

Many surveys, maps and reports have been undertaken and prepared for the Board of Claims in connection with cases of alleged damage on account of canal construction.

SPECIAL WORK.

Repairs to Oak Orchard Creek Feeder.

(Chapter 547, Laws 1912.)

A survey has been made and plans and estimates prepared for repairing the dam and head-gates of the feeder leading from Tonawanda creek to Oak Orchard creek, for cleaning out and enlarging this feeder and widening and deepening the channel of Oak Orchard creek below its junction with the feeder.

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Drain at Chapel Street, Lockport.

(Chapter 397, Laws 1912.)

Plans and specifications have been prepared for building a drain from the culvert under the Erie canal at Chapel street, Lockport. The drain is designed to take care of the seepage from the canal in this vicinity.

BLUE LINE SURVEY.

(Chapter 511, Laws 1912.)

Under Chapter 199, Laws of 1910, no work was done in this Division. Since June, 1912, L. G. Fisher, Assistant Engineer, has been in charge of a party engaged in surveying, mapping and monumenting the right-of-way line, or “ blue line,” of the existing Erie canal in Monroe county and also of the Genesee feeder. The blue line has also been surveyed from Lyons to the eastern limits of the Division.

This work will be very much needed in order to facilitate the disposition of the State property, when the existing canals are abandoned, and I recommend an appropriation sufficient to complete these surveys if the amount now available proves inadequate.

BARGE CANAL.

(Chapter 147, Laws 1903, and amendments.)

The Barge canal work in this division is at present handled through four residency offices.

Residency No. 8 covers Wayne county. B. E. Failing, Resident Engineer, is in charge, with office at Lyons.

Residency No. 9 covers Monroe county. H. J. Knoppel, Supervising Engineer, is in charge, with office at Rochester.

Residency No. 10-A covers Orleans county. J. V. Llogan, Resident Engineer, is in charge, with headquarters at Medina.

Residences Nos. 10-B and 11 cover the territory west of Gas-port. This residency was in charge of C. J. McDonough, Resident Engineer, until January 15, 1912, at which time he resigned to go with the Terminal Bureau. Edward Anderberg, Assistant

Engineer, was placed in charge upon the resignation of Mr. McDonough and acted in this capacity until August 12, 1912, when George C. Andrews, Resident Engineer, took charge of these residencies.

A large amount of construction work has been done on this Division during the last year. From the fact that the Barge canal is virtually an enlargement of the existing canal throughout much of the Division, the difficulty of avoiding interference with navigation is very great and a large portion of the construction has to he accomplished during cold weather and at very great disadvantage.

The following reports of the resident engineers give in detail the condition and progress of construction:

Erie Canal, Residency No. 8.

Resident Engineer B. E. Failing reports:

“ Residency No. 8 embraces the entire length of the Barge canal through Wayne county and extends from the southerly line of the county, at the southeast corner of the town of Galen, to the westerly line, about one-half mile west of the village of Wayne-port, Wayne county. The construction work on this residency is divided into eight contracts, viz., Nos. 47, 48, 49, 76, 77, 84, 89 and 94.

" Contract No. 47.

“This contract extends from the southeast corner of the town of Galen, Sta. 5729 +79.28, to a point near the New York Central and Hudson River railroad crossing at Lyons, at Sta. 6510 + 00, a distance of 14.46 miles. D. E. Bellows, Assistant Engineer, is in charge.

“ This contract was let to the Crowell-Sherman Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, on November 30, 1908, and assigned soon after to the Crowell—Sherman—Stalter Company. The contract calls for completion on or before May 20, 1912.

“ The contract has been altered by supplementary agreements as follows:

“ Alteration No. 1, approved by the Canal Board July 1, 1909, changes the cross-section of lock wall, conduits for electric wires and specifications for miter-sills. It also provides for joints and ball-valves in floor of lock and increases the amount of clearing on the contract.

“ Alteration No. 3, approved by the Canal Board November 16, 1910, provides for the removal of the Glasgow street and Sodus street bridges at Clyde and the reerection on temporary foundations of the Sodus street bridge.

“ Alteration No. 4, approved by the Canal Board December 27, 1910, provides for the changing the plans for the east end of the lower approach wall at lock No. 26.

the contract east of

“ Construction work on this contract during the past year has been confined to the structures in the vicinity of "lock No. 26. The upper approach, lower approach, lock No. 26 and the dam at lock No. 26 are completed, leaving only the cribs above the lock and the riprap at the West Shore railroad crossing to be built, to complete all the structures on Creager’s bridge.

“ The following table shows the percentage of work done during the fiscal year and to date, as affected by all alterations:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate    Work done

as affected during year.

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

225

•..     acres

890

150

252

750

31,350

7,372

500

3,160,608

28,000

19,221

05 05 O

O cd o O CO o

r-t cq

112

84.4

59.6

112

CO.3

Sawed lumber, hemlock......

White oak in miter-sills.......

Sawed lumber, white oak.....

Round timber in cribs.......

Stone filling in cribs........

Foundation piles..........

Wooden sheet-piling...............f;

Second-class concrete................cu- V⁰⁸

Reinforced concrete. ..............cu. y

First-class masonry, bridge coping. . . .cu. yds.

No

ds.

410

7,000

23,(89

1! :

6,800

3,000

0

6,800

75

97 2

11,

^    Ol    03

00© 00 03©©CO

0.7

53

5.3

5,755

5,000

22,019

107.7

1.65

4^    © CO

-<I© © 05

136.9

100

71 5

93

95.4

82.6

; i

1

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■

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■

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Barge Canal, Contract No. 47 Lock No. 26 and dam in Clyde river, near Clyde.

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21,

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ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

af affected Work done by durmg year-alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

. .sq. yds. .cu. yds. ... lin. ft. ...lin.ft.

Second-class stone paving..

Second-class ripnp........

15-in. vitrified pipe........

Trenching and backfilling..

Structural steel............

Metal reii fjrcement.......

Wrought irtn.............

Steel castings. ..;.........

Ir :n castings, plain........

Iren casti :gs, machined....

Wcoien pavement........

Wcoien fence............

Wrought iron pipe railing. .

Sawed lumber in needles...

Metal in lock-valves......

Metal in buffer-beams.....

Metal in lock-gates.......

Maintaining highway traffic

Coffer-dams..............

Removing Glasgow st. and Sodus st. bridges, lump sum

Mill

865

865

lbs. 158,100 24,500 2,425 10,400 6,290 6,600

.....sq. yds.

......lin. ft.

......lin. ft.

. ...ft. B. M.    14,000

.'........lbs.    24,000

.........lbs.    90,000

.........lbs.    180,000

3: in

470

lump sum lump sum

etc

Grass estimate

1.7

151

147

4,271

8,728

1,226

9,918

4,434

3,240

445

12,900

22,487

75,840

169,182

51,279,327.60 $110,260

37.7

11

95:

933

145,312

24,644

1,927

9,918

4,434

6,420

322

445

12,900

22,487

80,526

169,481

$830,850

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Contract No. 84.

“ This contract consists of the construction of two lift bridges across the Barge canal at Glasgow and Sodus streets, Clyde. The work on the plans has been suspended, pending an investigation of a scheme for the elimination of the grade crossings of the New York Central and West Shore railroads at that point.

“ Contract No. 48.

“ This contract extends from a point near the New York Central and Hudson River railroad crossing at Lyons, Sta. 6510, to a point near the West Shore railroad crossing at East Newark, Sta. 6813, a distance of 5.75 miles. F. W. Madigan, Assistant Engineer, is in charge.

“ This contract has been altered by supplementary agreements as follows:

“Alteration No. 1, approved by the Canal Board July 19, 1911, provides for a change in the manner of removal of buildings from the site of the contract.

“Alteration No. 2, approved by the Canal Board January 31, 1912, provides for eliminating embankment on the south side of the canal from Sta. 6649 to Sta. 6678; for sheet-piling under embankment on the north side of canal from Sta. 6657 to Sta. 6666 and for shortening the lower approach wall at lock Eo. 28-A.

“Alteration Eo. 3, approved by the Canal Board June 11, 1912, provides for changing the plans for power plant at lock Eo. 27.

“Alteration No. 4, approved by the Canal Board September 10, 1912, provides for sheet-piling under the embankment on the south side above lock Eo. 28-A.

“ This contract was let December 29, 1910, to the Crowell-Sherman-Stalter Company. The contract calls for completion on

or before January 1, 1914.

“ The suction-dredge Lyons started work on October 24, 1911, at the easterly end of the contract. Except for a few days’ work on contract Eo. 47, the Lyons continued work on contract Eo. 48 until she had finished all the hydraulic work available on the contract. On September 16, 1912, she tied up at the east end of the contract, having taken out about 900,000 cubic yards of excavation, most of which was prism excavation. The dipper-dredge Erie was completed and started work on March 11, 1912. The Erie was used on the easterly portion of the contract to loosen the hard material, which was afterward removed by the suction dredge. She completed her work and tied up about October 1. Both dredges are now being overhauled and repaired.

“ The retaining wall on the south side at Geneva street, Lyons, and the abutments of the Geneva street bridge are finished. The steel work for the bridge is complete and there remains only the flooring to complete the structure.

“ The north lower approach wall of lock Eo. 27 has been started and is progressing rapidly, being about 50 per cent completed.

“ Under an extra or unspecified work order, dated August 8, 1912, a stream entrance of sheet-piling and riprap was placed near Sta. 6615, where Trout run enters the canal.

“ The upper and lower approach walls of lock Eo. 28-A are completed. The south wall at lock Eo. 28-A is complete and work has started on the north wall. Eo work has been done on the floor.

“ Under alteration Eo. 2 all of the sheet-piling has been driven for embankment on the north side. This, except for the waling strips, is ready for the embankment.

“ The prism is complete between Stas. 6682 and 6734, with the exception of about 50 per cent of the wash wall.

“ The Poorhouse bridge, spillway and dive culvert are practically completed.

“ Pending the passage of plans for a highway at Burleigh’s, an extra work order was issued for maintenance of traffic at that

Subsequently a contract was let to the Crowell-Sherman-

point.

Stalter Company for the construction of this road, which is about

50 per cent completed.

“A Browning excavator, working west of the New York Central crossing, has taken out about 60,000 cubic yards of prism excavation.

“ The following table shows the percentage of work done during the fiscal year and to date, as affected by all alterations:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, affected by

alterations.

as

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done

to date.

67

Clearing..............................acres

Excavation.........................cu. yds. 11,992,600

Sheeting and bracing, first-quality... .ft. B. M.l 193,000 eting and bracing, second-quality.ft. B. M. 229,000

Forming embankment...............cu.    yds.    229,707.33

Lining.............................cu.    yds.

Puddle............... cu.    yds.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir,

She

950

10

50

14 9

1,124,560

77,900

22,200

59,584

1,204,825

92,900

22,200

103.564

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74.7

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47 1

9.7

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26

47.8

190

190

36.8

36.8

ft. B. M.

Foundation piles.....................lin. ft.

WTooden sheet-piling................ft. B. M.

Second-class Reinforced c First-class masonry, bridge coping. . . .cu. yds

Wash wall........ ............

First-class stone paving..........

Second-class stone paving........

Steel sheet-piling, first-quality....

Steel sheet-piling, second-quality..

Structural steel.................

Metal reinforcement............

Wrought iron......

Steel castin

Iron castings, plain. . . .

Iron castings, machined

Stone curbs...........

Resetting stone curbs..

Relaying Medina sandstone pavement,

concrete

oncrete

cu. yds. cu. yds.

30,800

32,260

306,000

57,910

1,900

12,252

82,740

18,869

1,900

12,292

82,740

21.129

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6.2

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27

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4.7

4.55

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4.55

32.6

29.6

96.8

36.5

29.6

96.8

27,270

3,918

3,918

14.4

7.7

7.7

2,320

24,000

120,000

396,410

89,980

4,400

3,300

24,330

23,240

369

369

9.6

14.4

9.6

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20,496

19,637

340,178

25,235

32,986

19,637

340,178

25,235

85.5

15.9

16.4

137 3

16 4

85 0

85.9

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300

300

14.9

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325

1,550

325

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1.3

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Wooden fence.............

Lattice railing............

Metal in lock-gates........

Metal in buffer-beams......

Metal in lock-valves.......

Maintaining highway traffic Maintaining navigation.... Coffer-dams, pumping, etc.

Gross estimate............

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4,150

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160

270

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1,240

320

438,000

173,000

68,500

$1,679,211.95

71

71

215

215

44.4

79.6

17.8

44.4

79.6

180

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1,401

312

306

6,028

35%

30%

20%

$759,170

264

45

1.401

94.4

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113

94.4

306

6,028

442

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30%

22%

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45.2

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97.6

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“ Contract No. 89.

“ This contract covers the superstructures for the bridges at Limerick street, Palmyra, contract No. 77; Main street and East avenue, Newark, and below lock No. 28-B, contract No. 76, and the superstructures, abutments and approaches for the bridge at Forgham street, Lyons, contract No. 48.

“ The contract was let May 28, 1912, to the Owego Bridge Company, of Owego, N. Y., and calls for completion on or before June 1, 1913.

“ The engineering work is being handled by the assistant engineers in charge of the contracts adjacent to the several structures.

“ Work was started on the abutments for the Forgham street bridge on September 19, 1912, but very little has been done.

“ Contract No. 76.

“ This contract extends from a point near the West Shore railroad crossing at East Newark, Sta. 6813, to a point about half a mile east of Port Gibson, Sta. 7045, a distance of 5.77 miles.

“ This contract has been altered by the following supplementary agreements:

“Alteration No. 1, approved by the Canal Board April 26, 1911, provides for a change in the manner of removing buildings from the site of the contract.

“Alteration No. 2, approved by the Canal Board June 8, 1911, provides for a change in the plans for lower approach walls of lock Bo. 28-B.

“Alteration No. 3, approved by the Canal Board July 19, 1911, provides for wooden sheet-piling under the north embankment between Stas. 6998 + 33.5 and 7045 + 00.

“ C. D. Murray, Assistant Engineer, is in charge of construction. The contract calls for completion on December 23, 1913.

“ Work has been progressing rapidly and will probably be completed before the time specified. The lower approach and lock No. 28-B, the dock walls, the north abutments to East avenue, Main street and Peek’s bridges are completed; also the spillway.

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The sheet-piling under the embankment has been driven and about 68 per cent of the embankment made. One more season will finish the excavation on this contract and will be done by steam-shovels and a suction-dredge.

“ The folloAving table shows the percentage of work done during the fiscal year and to date, as affected by all alterations:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

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Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Excavation................

Embankment..............

Lining....................

Sawed lumber, white oak. ..

Wooden sheet-piling........

Second-class concrete.......

10-in. vitrified pipe.........

Structural steel............

Metal reinforcement.......

Iron castings, plain........

Iron castings, machined.. . .

Wooden fence..............

Metal in lock-gates........

Metal in buffer-beams......

Metal in lock-valves.......

Maintaining navigation.....

Removing old bridge superstructures,

cu. yds.    2,137,990

cu. yds.    164,500

ds.    1,120

...ft. B. M.    7,000

...ft. B. M.    479,400

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76,366

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lump sum

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...lbs.    85,000

...lbs.    25,000

5,400

271,000

12,538

11,810

7,879

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27.3

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73.7

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$1,512,011.15

$437,610    $790,870

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f Contract JSo. 77.

“ This contract extends from a point one-half mile east of Port Gfibson, Sta. 7045, to about one-half mile west of Palmyra, Sta. 7400, a distance of 6.78 miles. C. E. Elmendorf, Assistant Engineer, is in charge of the contract.

“ The contract calls for completion on or before May 1, 1913, and has been altered by the following supplementary agreements:

“Alteration Mo. 1, approved by the Canal Board April 26, 1911, provides for a change in the manner of removing buildings from the site of the contract.

“Alteration Mo. 3, approved by the Canal Board July 19, 1911, provides for Avooden sheet-piling under the north embankment from Sta. 7045 to Sta. 7105.

“Alteration Ko. 4, approved by the Canal Board July 31, 1912, provides for changes in plan for concrete slab approach for Galloway’s highway bridge.

“Alteration Mo. 5, approved by the Canal Board March 11, 1912, provides for changing side slopes of prism and for wooden sheet-piling under embankment at certain places.

“Alteration Mo. 6, approved by the Canal Board July 11, 1912, provides material for embankment and for riprap at the south approach to Port Gibson bridge.

“ Work on this contract for the past year has progressed rapidly. All of the concrete work is finished with the exception of the upper approach wall to lock Mo. 29, the power-house and stop-gate and these structures are 75 per cent completed. The steam-shovel work on the contract has been finished and the work of the suction-dredge, which is completing the excavation, will be finished before May of next year. All the steel work on the contract is finished with the exception of the stop-gate. The wash wall is being laid and will probably be finished about the middle of next season.

“ The following table shows the percentage of work done during the fiscal year and to date, as affected by all alterations:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, affected by alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done

to date.

Clearing........................

Excavation....................

Sheeting and bracing.............

Forming embankment............

Lining..........................

Sawed lumber, yellow pine........

Foundation piles................

Wooden sheet-piling..............

Second-class concrete.............

Reinforced concrete..............

Wash wall.............

First-class stone paving.. Second-class stone paving Second-class rip

Third-class riprap.......

Structural steel..........

Metal reinforcement.....

Steel castings...........

Iron castings, plain......

Iron castings, machined. .

3J-in. wooden pavement. .

Lattice railing...........

Metal in lock-gates......

Metal in buffer-beams....

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2,643,610

44,000

194,480

1,470

24,000

35.500 690,000

43,930

383

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940

150

3,000

702,380

54,000

3,300

13,200

8,600

2,230

420

206,000

86,000

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1,831,598

74,200

69,382

273.7

4,812

21,662

619,445

41,337.4

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682.1

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600,689

42,350

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8,300

771

171,020

69,167

561.8

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47,422

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8,300

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Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Removing old bridge superstructures,

Maintaining highway traffic Sluice-gates, 60 in. x 84 in., complete*

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lump sum lump sum

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f Contract No. 49.

“ This contract extends from a point about 500 feet east of Yellow Mills bridge to the Wayne-Monroe county line, a distance of 6.8 miles. II. UST. Metzger, Assistant Engineer, is in charge of construction.

“ This contract was let February 26, 1910, to the Bellew & Merritt Company, whose name was changed to the Merritt Construction Company on May 18, 1911. On October 5, 1911, this contract was assigned to the American Pipe and Construction Company, of Philadelphia, Pa.

“ The contract called for completion on or before May 1, 1912, but the time has been extended to May 1, 1913.

“ Contract Fo. 49 has been altered by the following supplementary agreements:

“Alteration Fo. 1 changes the south approach to Frear’s bridge and the electrical equipment for lock Fo. 30.

“Alteration Fo. 2 eliminates the wash wall of lock Fo. 30.

“Alteration Fo. 3 provides for lining in front of Wayneport and Frear’s bridge abutments.

“Alteration Fo. 4 provides for substituting spoil for embankment and sheet-piling from the upper end of the north upper approach wall of lock Fo. 30 to Sta. 7545 + 93.

“Alteration Fo. 5 provides for constructing the south approach to Frear’s bridge as embankment.

“ The excavation on this contract has been handled by a suction-dredge and a scraper-machine during the past year. About six months’ more work will finish the excavation on the contract. The structures have all been completed with the exception of the gates for the by-pass at lock Fo. 30. About 75 per cent of the wash

wall is laid. The contract will, in all probability, be completed in the spring of 1913.

“ The following table shows the percentage of work done during the fiscal year and to date, as affected by all alterations:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

ffltsr.

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by alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

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Clearing..............................acres

Excavation.........................cu.    yds.    1,546,500

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M. 260,000

.....lin. ft.    18,400

...ft. B. M. 1,520,000 yds. 31,250

31,850

5,700

204

1,019,361

91,000

18,366

2,470

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White oak....................

Foundation piles...............

Wooden sheet-piling............

Second-class concrete...........

Reinforced concrete............

Firct-class masonry bridge coping

Wash wall....................

Second-class stone paving.......

Cobblestone paving............

Structural steel................

Metal reinforcement...........

Steel castings.................

Iron castings, plain............

Iron castings, machined........

Wooden pavement, 31 in. thick.......sq. yds.

Wooden pavement, 2| in. thick.......sq. yds.

Wooden fence........................lin. ft.

Lattice railing.......................lin. ft.

Metal in lock-gates.. ,

Metal in buffer-beams Metal in lock-valves.

For removing old bridge superstructures lump sum

Maintaining highway traffic........lump sum

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining lump sum lump sum

507,970 64,000 18,366 2,461

15,000    17,000

2,000    2,000

5,629    11,939

75,000    1,537,000

15,054    26,504

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320

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113

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10,418

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357,653

18,499

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Erie Canal, Residency jSTo. 9.

Supervising Engineer H. J. Knoppel reports:

“ This residency includes the entire length of the Barge canal within Monroe county, a distance of approximately 40 miles, and is divided into the following contracts: Eos. 63, 38, 41, 23, 59, 21, 82, 6, 60 and 61 and portions of contracts Eos. 75, 105 and 106. Of these, contracts Eos. 38, 41 and 6 have been completed and final estimates rendered; Eo. 75 is completed, but final estimate has not been made. Contracts Eos. 60, 61 and 105 will probably be completed during the winter of 1912-1913, while contracts Eos. 59 and 106 have not yet been advertised.

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“ In work other than construction, a considerable number of appropriation surveys have been made, chiefly for relocated highways adjacent to the canal. During the past summer a survey party spent about four months on a survey of the old ‘ Blue line ’ on a portion of the existing canal that will be abandoned when the new canal, as built under contracts Nos. 6, 21, 59 and 23, is put into commission. Daily gage readings have been taken of the water stage of the Genesee river at Elmwood avenue bridge.

“ Construction work has advanced very satisfactorily on most of the contracts as shown in the following reports.

“ Contract No. 63.

“ This contract provides for the improvement of the Erie canal from the west line of Wayne county to the east end of contract No. 23 at King’s Bend, a distance of 12.22 miles. C. R. Waters, Assistant Engineer, has been in charge.

“ The contract was let to H. S. Kerbaugh, Inc., of Philadelphia, Pa., on June 13, 1910.

“A hydraulic dredge operated by electrical power has been in operation during the navigable season, widening and deepening the prism east of Fairport. The nature of the material encountered, however, cut down the output of this machine far below expectations. Considerable shale rock was found for several feet above grade and this material, together with numerous boulders and other obstructions, prevented rapid progress. A Lidgerwood excavator continued excavating in the prism till about February 1, when the excessive cold weather compelled a cessation of work till April 1, since which time it has been excavating the prism where the output could be used for adjacent embankment. A clam-shell bucket excavator of local construction worked about two-thirds of the time, excavating a new channel for Thomas creek and also portions of the prism where the excavation could be conveniently handled with that machine. Several traveling derricks have been used to excavate the prism proper and at the Irondequoit concrete trough, to excavate for the trough and backfill behind the walls.

“ During the navigable season one steam-shovel worked part of the time in borrow pit, to obtain material for bridge approaches, and also in a portion of the new prism that is outside of the existing canal. During the closed season, from three to five steam-shovels excavated in the prism such material as could not well be handled with the hydraulic dredge, either on account of its consistency or of its location with reference to spoil banks.

“ The construction of the concrete trough at Irondequoit creek crossing has been especially interesting as an example of monolithic concrete work. The necessity of completing the maximum amount possible between November 15 and the following May 15 was the reason for assembling a plant consisting of a 70-ton steam-shovel to excavate gravel, a crusher and screens and two-batch mixer for the concrete and two traveling derricks with standard-gage locomotives and 30-foot flat cars to transport and handle the concrete, together with four sets of collapsible steel forms for building 32-foot sections of wall.

“ Because of the fact that the past winter was the severest of recent years, the record of 39,800 cubic yards of concrete placed by the above plant between November 15 and May 15 and of 15,-900 cubic yards between April 1 and May 15 is worthy of commendation.

“ Of the eight culverts on this contract, seven are completed. Eight bridges are completed, with substructures for two more ready for steel work. One waste-weir is completed. The substructure and superstructure for one guard-gate is completed and another gate is 60 per cent done. The Pittsford dock wall is completed and that at Fairport about 25 per cent done. The Irondequoit trough is practically completed.

“ On September 3, 1912, at about 9 o’clock in the morning, a serious break occurred in a portion of the Irondequoit trough, when about 540 feet of trough and the embankment supporting it were washed out. The break was temporarily repaired by refilling the washed-out embankment and constructing a timber flume, 22 feet wide and 7 feet deep, supported by piles driven into the new fill.

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ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining .... miles

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir ft. B. M.

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cu. yds.

yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds.

12.22

3.88

9.65

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Foundation piles.....

Wooden sheet-piling..

Second-class concrete.

Third-class concrete..

Reinforced concrete. .

First-class masonry bridge coping

Wash wall....................

Second-class stone paving.......

Third-class stone paving........

Cobblestone paving............

Second-class riprap.............

Third-class riprap..

Fourth-class riprap Cast iron culvert pipe and specials

Structural steel.....

Metal reinforcement Iron castings, plain.

Expanded metal....

Portland cement sidewalk.............sq.    ft.

Relaying flag sidewalk...............sq.    yds.

Wooden pavement, 2f in. thick.......sq. yds.

Wooden pavement, 3f in. thick.......sq. yds.

Wooden block pavement.............sq.    yds.

Wooden fence........................lin.    ft.

Wrought iron pipe railing.............lin.    ft.

Lattice railing.......................lin.    ft.

Repointing old masonry...............lin.    ft.

Drilling bolt holes in rock.............lin.    ft.

Resetting pipe railing........ lin.    ft.

Sluice-gates, 36 in. x 36 in Sluice-gates, 24 in. x 24 in Sluice-gate, 24 in. in diameter

Metal in guard-gates........

Machinery for lift bridge. . ..

Electrical equipment................

Operator’s cabin....................

Pump.............................

Tar felt waterproofing...............

Removing old bridge superstructure.lump sum

Taking up and relaying bridge pavement sq. yds.

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Extra Work Orders.

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135,000

22,000

17,690

43,000

93,743

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2,276

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10,137

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4,080

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22,000

7,232

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683,644

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5,700

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356,111

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$4,920

$1,880

3,986

1,680,449

57,405

305,806

9,298

19,741

81,193

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7,913

10,000

66,900

1,662

1,111.5

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1,068,161

1,378,152

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“ Contract No. 38.

“ This contract provided for the construction of the superstructure, substructure and approaches for a highway bridge at Wap-pings, 2.5 miles west of Fairport.

“ The work of this contract was performed by Henry Tosh and Sons, of Port Byron, 1ST. Y., and has been completed since August, 1909, the contract price being $16,669.90 and the final estimate, $16,286.67.

" Contract No. 41.

“ This contract provided for building embankments at Iron dequoit creek crossing. Butler Brothers Construction Company, of Yew York city, were the contractors, and work was completed in March, 1911, the contract price being $274,917.50 and the final estimate, $241,644.

“ Contract No. 23.

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“ This contract provides for the construction of a land line from King’s Bend to the Genesee river, a distance of 5.63 miles. Wickham, Assistant Engineer, is in charge.

“ This contract was let to the Millard and Lupton Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., on August 18, 1909.

“ Good progress has been made during the past year. The concrete work at lock Yo. 32 and adjoining structures has been completed, together with a large portion of the stone protection work. The filling back of the lock and guide walls has been made; the north dike wall built; also the embankment joining the upper spillway with the prism bank to the westward. Lock-gates, valves and buffer-beams, however, are not in place. At lock Yo. 33 and adjoining structures, all concrete work is completed except one block in the upper guide wall, which has been left open for the passage of dirt trains.

“ In prism excavation from two to four 70-ton steam-shovels have been working all the time, save from February 1 to about May 1, when extreme cold or an excessive amount of ground water prevented economical work. Most of the prism excavation from lock Yo. 33 easterly has been completed, as well as most of the cut from Westfall road easterly to the beginning of the em-

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“ Excavation on the west end of the contract and work on the guard-lock have been delayed by complications at the crossings of the Erie and Lehigh Valley railways.

“ The plant used on this contract is about the same as previously reported, except that from time to time plant has been shipped from the site. The cableway, with movable tower, forming a part of the concrete plant at lock Ho. 32, wTas abandoned when that lock was completed and the concrete buckets at lock Ho. 33 were handled by narrow-gage, 18-ton locomotives and flat cars in conjunction with traveling derricks, resulting in greater latitude in the operations, and the cost of handling is slightly lower.

“ The following table shows the amounts and percentages of work done during the year and total done to end of fiscal year:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, as affected by alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

lump sum lump sum .. cu. yds. . .cu. yds. .. .lin. ft.

Coffer-dams, pumping, etc

Clearing................

Grubbing...............

Excavation..............

Round timber bracing....

Sheeting and bracing.............ft. B. M.

Forming embankment.............cu. yds.

Lining...........................cu. yd3.

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White oak lumber.......

Sawed lumber in needles..

Foundation piles......

Wooden sheet-piling...

Steel sheet-piling......

Second-class concrete.. Second-class reinforced First-class masonry coping Dry retaining wall.......

concrete

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$1,777.50

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2,935,870

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300,000

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“ Contract No. 21.

“ This contract provides for excavating the canal prism and constructing guard-lock, highway bridge abutments and all appertaining work between the Genesee river and the east end of contract TSTo. 6, a distance of 2.43 miles. H. J. ITemstreet and Gordon Edson, Assistant Engineers, have been in charge at different times.

“ Contract jSTo. 21 was let to Lane Brothers Company, of Altavista, Va., April 7, 1910.

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Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work

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Second-class stone paying Third-class stone paving.

First-class riprap.........

Second-class riprap.......

Third-class riprap........

Fourth-class riprap.......

Grouted riprap..........

Cast iron pipe and specials

Structural steel..........

Metal reinforcement.....

Iron castings, plain......

Iron castings, machined..

Metal in guard-lock gates.

Metal in buffer-beams....

Metal in lock-gates......

Metal in lock-valves.....

Brick lining........................cu. ft.

Wooden pavement, 2| inches thick, .sq. yds.

Wooden fence.............

Wrought iron pipe railing. .

Lattice railing............

Storehouses...............

Office buildings............

Gate hoists, light..........

Gate hoists, heavy........

Maintaining highway traffic

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1,769

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3,380

200

810

770

5,210

1,125

43,600

920,000

362,700

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170,000

525,600

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“ Two steam-shovels continued excavation in the prism during the past year, excepting from February 1 to April 10, when tremely cold weather and an excessive amount of water in the cut prevented efficient work. The material excavated was largely rock, requiring constant blasting and channeling. For the former, fourteen steam-drills were kept in operation practically all the time and for the latter, channeling machines up to five in number were operated during the greater portion of the time.

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“ Concrete abutments for two highway bridges have been completed and about 70 per cent of the concrete in the guard-lock is in place. The concrete on this contract is made of stone from prism excavation, crushed near the mixer, and sand brought in by rail from a gravel pit about 10 miles to the southward. The result is a very dense concrete.

“ Continual pumping of the prism is necessary, as there is no natural outlet for the water, and for this purpose several electrically driven pumps have been installed at convenient locations and operated as necessity required.

“At the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg railway crossing the new bridge is nearly completed, but nothing has been done as yet at the Yew York Central crossings.

“ The following table shows the amounts and percentages of work done during the year and the total done to end of fiscal year:

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Preliminary Work done estimate. during year.

Total work done to date.

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Per cent of work done to date.

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Excavation............

Sheeting and bracing...

Channeling...........

Forming embankment.

Lining................

Sawed lumber.....................ft. B. M.

12-inch vitrified pipe, laid.............lin. ft.

Structural steel.....

Metal reinforcement Iron castings, plain.

Wooden fence.......................

Metal in guard-gates................

Drilling bolt holes in rock............

Maintaining traffic................lui

Coffer-dams, pumping, etc.........'

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“ This contract provides for constructing three new bridge superstructures within the limits of contract ETo. 21. H. J. Hem-street and Gordon Edson, Assistant Engineers, have been in charge at different times.

“ This contract was let to the Groton Bridge Company, Groton, Y. Y., on December 7, 1910, but its completion depends on the completion of the substructures by the contractors under contract Ho. 21.

“ During the past year two of the bridges have been completed and opened to traffic.

“ The following table shows the amounts and percentages of work done during the year and total done to end of fiscal year:

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Preliminary

estimate.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

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Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir,

Wooden pavement, 3| in. thick Lattice railing...............

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475,000

190,642

347,471

11,000

1,425

560

3,973

1,060

208

7,876

1,060

521

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$12,988.79

$21,326.12

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Contract No. 6.

“ This contract provided for the excavation of the canal from the New York Central and Hudson River railroad (west end of contract Yo. 21) to a point near South Greece, a distance of 3.28 miles.

“ This contract was let to F. A. Maselli, of Rochester, Y. Y., on May 5, 1905, and was completed in September, 1911, the final estimate being rendered January 30, 1912. The contract price, with alterations and authorized increases, was $1,035,228.05 and the final estimate was $1,033,864.04.

“ Contract No. 60.

“ Contract No. 60 provides for the construction of the canal from the west end of contract No. 6 to about half a mile west of Adams Basin bridge, a distance of 8.53 miles. C. L. Baldwin, Assistant Engineer, is in charge.

“ The contract was let to the Empire Engineering Corporation, of New York city, on September 22, 1908.

“ During the past year most of the work has been the completion of prism excavation and putting finishing touches on the various structures. The ladder dredge lias worked most of the navigable season west of Spencerport, cleaning up the prism to grade line and disposing of its material generally as embankment on the adjacent tow- or heel-path. Excavation of the wide waters near bridge No. 95 is nearly completed, the material being used in the north approach of bridge No. 95.

“A considerable stretch of the prism bank on the north side of the canal and east of bridge No. 95 showed some seepage on the outside and, to overcome this, the slope and bottom of prism have been covered with a puddle blanket 18 inches thick, showing improvement to the bank. A large proportion of this puddle on the bottom of the prism was placed in the summer of 1912, during the navigable season, the puddle material being loaded on a barge, the barge moored crosswise of the prism and the material then mixed to the proper consistency and cast into a V-shaped, bottomless trough, built along the side of the barge, settling to the bottom and forming an even layer as the barge was moved along. While the resulting puddle may not be as uniformly deposited as when placed in the dry, it is to be incorporated and rolled to satisfaction.

“A small amount of excavation remains to be done, to clean up to grade, as well as some wash wall to be built iu scattering places, also clearing up the tow-path and berme bank to the specified grade and width, some paving at culverts and at guard-gate abutments and completing lining and wooden fence on the approaches to bridge No. 95. It is expected that all the work will be completed before the opening of navigation in 1913.

“ The following table shows the amounts and percentages of work done during the year and total to end of fiscal year :

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Preliminary estimate, as affected by

alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done

to date.

Coffer-dams, pumping, etc.,

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Grubbing.

Excavation Sheeting and bracing.. .ft. B. M.

Channeling..............sq. ft.

First-class embankment, .cu. yds. Second-class embankment,

Lining.

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47,644

1,249,230

135,000

26,000

749,040

204,096

26,892

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79,583

35,752

17,643

3,372

82,600

37,178

1,136,689

77,774

15,312

593,302

167,294

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Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

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Foundation piles.................

Wooden sheet-piling... .ft. B. M. Second-class concrete.... cu. yds.

Third-class concrete.....cu. yds.

Rti lforced concrete.....cu. yds.

Masonry coping........cu. yds.

Wash wall.............

Second-class stone paving,

.. .ft. B. M. lin. ft.

cu. yds.

sq. yds.

Third-class stone paving.sq. yds.

Third-class riprap.......cu. yds.

Fourth-class riprap......cu. yds.

Cast iron culvert pipe and

specials...............

12-in. vitrified pipe, laid.. .lin. ft. Trenching and backfilling, 12-in.

pipe............

Structural steel.....

Metal reinforcement Woode

thici.............

lbs.

lin. ft.

!!■

lbs.

en pavement, 3 inches

k................sq. yds.

Wooden pavement, 4 inches

thick................sq. yds.

Wooden fence............lin.    ft.

Wrought iron pipe railing. .lin. ft.

Lattice railing...........lin.    ft.

Sluice-gate valves, 36 x 40

inches................

Sluice-gate valves, 33 x 33

inches................

Repointing old masonry.. .lin. ft. Maintaining navigation,

lump

Maintaining highway traffic,

lump sum

36-in. vitrified pipe, laid.. .lin. ft. Additional bailing and draining, lump sum

No.

No.

sum

63,747

41,000

19,050

42,000

13,319

3,049

1,580

15

66,721

6,755

1.860

’559

100

676,250

*760

20

817,360

101,840

1,330

650

16,902

205

410

*6,000

$11,000

$3,500

244

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0.7

0.2

110,219

28,982

38,614

5,430

9,372

13,532

2,147

1,526

12

64,347

3,948

1,801

456

101

652,261

’723

808,393

90,930

1,304

622

13,759

401

1,150

$11,000

$3,377.50

239

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45.5

94.2

28.5

22.3

101.6

70.4

96.6

S'i

96.4

58.4

81.6

101

96.5

95.1

98.9

89.3

98.1

95.7

81.4

67.3

97.8

100

100

19.2

100

96.5

...

Gross estimate

$1,500

*$1,492,871.91

S102.923.67

$1,500

$1,287,086.80

100

86.2

Extra Work Orders.

Dated Feb. 2, 1909. . .unit prices Dated April 26, 1909. .unit prices Dated Aug. 19, 1909..unit prices Dated Oct. 4, 1909,

unit and cost + 15% Dated Jan. 3, 1910. .cost + 15% Dated Dec. 15, 1910. .unit prices Dated March 3, 1911,

cost + 15% Dated April 18, 1911,

cost + 15% Dated Dec. 4, 1911. . .unit prices Dated Sept. 30, 1912. .unit prices

$5,180.00

$1,650.00

$4,371.00

$578.58

$1,525.00

$11,150.40

$3,200.00

$250.00

$788.70

$366.90

$4,957.87

$1,498.00

$2,946.47

$634.51

$1,510.76

$11,150.40

$3,113.09

$246.79

$782.89

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

Finished

* Includes authorized increase over 15 per cent.

“ Contract No. 61.

“This contract provides for the improvement of the canal from the west end of contract No. 60 to the west line of Monroe county, a distance of 7.39 miles. A. S. Milinowski and F. C. Ashley,

Assistant Engineers, have been in charge of the work at different times.

“ The contract was let to Cleveland & Sons Company, of Brock-port, N. Y., on October 13, 1908.

“ During the year two Lidgerwood excavators have been cleaning up the prism excavation to lines and grades and a large proportion of the prism is now completed.

“ Culverts Nos. 57, 58 and 59 have been rebuilt and also the abutments for bridge No. 110. The superstructures for bridges Nos. 109 and 110 have been completed. The concrete retaining wall for the south approach of bridge No. 109 is practically completed and most of the approach filling is in place. A large amount of wash wall has been built, as well as considerable paving around culverts and bridges. Lining has been placed on the tow-path for a considerable portion of the length of the contract.

“ It is expected that contract No. 61 will be completed before the opening of navigation of 1913.

“ The following table shows the amounts and percentages of work done during the fiscal year and the total done to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,

affected

by

alterations.

as

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Coffer-dams, pumping, etc...........miles

Clearing......................lump sum    $2,400

Grubbing.......................cu. yds.    48,644

Excavation......................cu. yds.    969,573

Sheeting and bracing............ft. B. M.    *32,000

First-class embankment...........cu. yds.    566,220

Second-class embankment.........cu. yds.    95,623

Lining..........................cu. yds.    18,527

Puddle.........................cu. yds.    14,584

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir, ft. B. M.

.......lin. ft.

.....ft. B. M.

......cu. yds.

......cu. yds.

......cu. yds.

......cu. yds.

......cu. yds.    63,809

......sq. yds.

......sq. yds.

......sq. yds.

......cu. yds.

..........lbs.    300,100

.......lin. ft.    418

.......lin. ft.

7.4

2,087

206,707

5,151

142,060

11,632

5,520

332

Foundation piles........

Wooden sheet-piling.....

Second-class concrete....

Third-class concrete.....

Reinforced concrete.....

Masonry bridge coping. .

Wash wall.............

Second-class stone paving Third-class stone paving....

Cobblestone paving........

Third-class riprap..........

Cast iron pipe and specials..

12-in. vitrified pipe, laid.....

24-in. vitrified pipe, laid.....

Structural steel............

Metal reinforcement.......

Wooden pavement, 2} in. thick... .sq. yds. Wooden pavement, 31 in. thick.. . .sq. yds. Wooden fence....................."

29,000

3,400

5,000

11,746

1,495

17,943

464

1.618

’452

82,400

34,560

782,226

30,054

455,186

78,337

8,397

1,742

24,145

2,070

3,586

10,562

1.270

27

4.3

21.3

16.1

25.1

12.2

29.8

2.3

13.6

355

Pis

1,246

2o I

2 vi

110

lbs.    445,015

lbs. 45,281

lin. ft.

8,508

65

6.6

31.258

’269

421

111)

255,012

’310

211,343

7,589

2'. I

212

3,116

’314

6.6

50,875

455

535

119

297,272 444

94

425,997

38,655

7'.'2

212

6,249

49

OOMCOiO

42.5

74.2

47.5

16.8

32.2

96.4

36.6

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Preliminary estimate, as affected by

alterations.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

... .lin. ft.

Lattice railing................

Sluice gates and hoists........

Relaying board walks..............sq.    ft.

Repointing old masonry............lin.    ft.

Erilling bolt holes in masonry......lin.    ft.

Maintaining navigation.........lump sum

Maintaining highway traffic.....lump sum

Additional bailing and draining, .lump sum Portland cement sidewalks..........sq.    ft.

330

310

310

No.

970

1,000

1,400

S10,000

$2,000

$4,000

2,100

$3,000

$3,000

$900

514

$8,500

$2,000

$3,000

93.9

93.9

100

38.9

85

4.1

75

100

75

Gross estimate

*$1,091,453.35 $284,629.17

$861,875

26.1

79

Extra work order, dated Nov. 24, 1909....

$300

$101.70

Finished

* Includes authorized increase over 15 per cent.

“ Contract No. 75.

“ This contract provides for the construction of three guard-gate superstructures at the following locations: About 1.3 miles east of Spencerport; near the west line of Brockport and 1.5 miles east of Middleport. The first two structures are within the limits of Residency ISTo. 9; the other gate is in Residency Eo. 10-A.

“ The contract work is being performed by the United Construction Company, of Albany, R. Y., and was let March 1, 1910.

“ The guard-gate superstructures near Spencerport and Brock-port were practically completed on May 15, 1912, hut an ¹ extra or unspecified work order,’ requiring several minor additions and changes, the work of which has not been entirely completed, prevents the rendering of the final estimate.

“ The following table shows the amounts and percentages of work done on the whole contract during the fiscal year and the total done to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate.

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Metal in guard-gate.......

Second-class concrete......

Sawed lumber............

Gross estimate...........

lbs.

700,000

669,563

669,563

95.6

95.6

........cu. yds.

.......ft. B. M.

97

V,

•5

*1,550

1,534

1,534

87.6

87.6

*$42,950.00

$40,999.94 ! $40,999.94

,,,

99

95 5

95.5

Extra work order, dated Aug. 22, 1912,

cost + 15%

* Includes authorized increase over 15 per cent.

Portion of contract within Residency No. 9, 67 per cent; work completed, 96 per cent. Portion of contract within Residency No. 10-A, 33 per cent; work completed, 95.2 per cent.

“ Contract No. 105.

“ This contract provides for the construction of five lift bridges over the Erie canal and all appertaining construction, at the following locations: Union street, Spencerport; Washington street, Adams Basin; Park avenue, Brockport; Hulburton, Sta. 4091 + 89.67, and Gasport, Sta. 5530 + 33. The first three structures are within the limits of Residency Xo. 9, the fourth structure is in Residency Xo. 10-A and the last structure is in-Residency Xo. 10-B.

“ The contract wras let, April 19, 1912, to Skene and Richmond, of Louisa, Ky.

“At the Spencerport bridge no wrork has been done. At Adams Basin bridge the counterweight and machinery pits have been completed, except the concrete cover plates. The steel superstructure has been assembled on false work and practically all riveted.

“At the Brockport bridge the north pit is completed and some excavation has been done for the south pit. At both the above bridges it has been necessary to use considerable coffer-dam work on account of the treacherous material encountered. This is especially true at Brockport, where a seam of sand ‘ blew out ’ during excavation and caused a small break in the canal bank, 'which, however, did little damage, on account of the high ground adjacent to the break. The trouble was soon remedied by driving steel sheetpiling, backed with earth embankment.

“ The following table shows the amounts and percentages of work done on the whole contract during the year and total done to end of fiscal year :

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary    Work done

estimate.    during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine........ft. B. M.

cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. sq. yds.

Second-class concrete Reinforced concrete.

Wa h wall.........

Cobl .estone paving. .

CaBt iron pipe and specials Structural steel..........

lbs.

lbs.

CO 05 I-*    OO

000

(100

4,400

20,000

1,470,000

SI,674 5,395 59,855

SI,674 5,395 59,855

00 <M

470

470

398

1,154

1,154

258

258

1,817

1,817

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•ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary Work done Total estimate. during year, work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Machinery...........................lbs.    200,000

Metal reinforcement..................lbs.    282,000

Portland cement sidewalk...........sq. ft. 1.680

Brick pavement...................sq. yds.

Wooden fence.................. .lin.    ft.

Lattice railing.....................lin.    ft.

Drilling holes in rock...............lin.    ft.

Electrical equipment.......

Electric pumps............

Operator’s cabin...........

Maintaining navigation....

Maintaining highway traffic

Gross estimate...........

85,018

85,018

30.1

30.1

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2,100

in

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No.

No.

No.

lump sum lump sum

$2,500

$3,000

*$263,810

$761.25

$362.50

$761.25

$362.50

03

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30.5

12.1

$30,643.66    $30,643.66

116

11.6

* Includes authorized increase over 15 per cent.

Portion of contract within Residency No. 9, 66 per cent; completed, 16.7 per cent. Portion of contract within Residency No. 10-A, 17 per cent; completed, 2.8 per cent. Portion of contract within Residency No. 10-B, 17 per cent; completed, 2 per cent.

Erie Canal, Residency No. 10-A.

Resident Engineer J. V. Hogan reports :

“ Residency No. 10-A extends from the easterly line of Orleans county to 100 feet east of Main street bridge in Gasport, a distance of about 32 miles, which includes contracts Nos. 62, 9, 64 and 65 and portions of contracts Nos. 75, 105 and 106.

“ During the latter part of the year a Calyx drill outfit has been at work procuring cores from various appropriated lands, in connection with requests from the Board of Claims, to determine the feasibility of using land for quarry purposes.

" Contract No. 62.

“ This contract provides for the improvement of the Erie canal from the easterly line of Orleans county to 0.16 of a mile east of Eagle Harbor bridge, a distance of 14.15 miles.

“ The contract was let to I. M. Ludington’s Sons, Inc., of Rochester, N. Y., August 11, 1910. J. S. Summers, Assistant Engineer, has been in charge of the Holley section, extending to Brockville, and George D. Kellogg and A. S. Milinowski, Assistant Engineers, have been in charge at different times of the Albion section.

“ The length of the contract, together with the diversity of material encountered in excavation, caused the contractors to rely on

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Rubble walls, laid in mortar, near Hulberton; used where adjacent quarry excavations have gone below canal bottom and where

quarry spalls underlie ground surface.

several small excavating units rather than to install complicated machinery of special type.

“ The necessity of maintaining navigation during the summer months has made necessary the accomplishment of the greater part of the contract work during the closed season of navigation. During the preceding winter there were simultaneously excavating on this contract four Bucyrus and three Marion shovels of 65 to 75 tons, one Bucyrus, three McMyler and one Lidgerwood dragline excavators, together with eight movable derricks with either clam-shell or orange-peel buckets. During the navigable season the Lidgerwood and Bucyrus excavators worked from the berme bank and several team-and-scraper outfits trimmed slopes and cut wash wall notch.

“ During the past year culverts dSTos. 63, 70, 71, 73, 75, 78, 82 and 83 have been completed. County Line, Brockville, Transit, Jaquith’s, BidwelPs, Bailey’s, Hall’s and Gaines bridges have been erected and the new waste-weirs at Holley, Brockville and Eagle Harbor have been finished. There has also been placed about 4,100 cubic yards of concrete in the Holley trough, 9,800 yards in the Albion vertical walls and 3,000 yards in the Eagle Harbor trough, together with practically 8,000 cubic yards of rubble masonry placed in the Hulburton walls. In round numbers, 43,-000 cubic yards of stone have been placed in wash wall and considerable paving and riprap have been laid at various points on the contract.

“ The attached table shows the percentage of work done during the year and to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary estimate, affected by

alterations.

as

Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining

miles .lump sum .. .cu. yds. . .ft. B. M. .... lin. ft.

.....sq. ft.

.. .cu. yds. .. .cu. yds. ...cu. yds.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir Foundation piles........

Clearing..............

Excavation............

Sheeting and bracing... Round timber bracing. .

Channeling...........

Forming embankment..

Lining................

Puddle...............

ft. B. M. ......lin. ft.

14.15

7.38

11

$7,200

1,659,860

160,000

2,000

11,960

711,358

37,795

30,000

64,000

8,000

$2,786

740,531

35,520

2,011

253,530

’773

501

22,040

$7,200

1,314,879

66,890

2,600

469,558

466

773

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24,350

1,100

34.5

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

by    during year,

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds

Second-class concrete............

Third-class concrete.............

Reinforced concrete.............

First-class masonry coping.......

Rubble masonry................

Wash wall.....................

Second-class stone paving........

Third-class stone paving.........

Cast iron culvert pipe and specials Trenching and backfilling 8-in. vitrified pipe

60,450

4,429

4,160

9,034 98,813 ds. 8,280 sq. yds.    14,300

.lbs. 1,704,000

so. y

27,966

1,702

1,811

16

7,921

43,246

979

1,172

587,531

37,003

3,459

2,846

8,705

47,840

979

1,172

1,318,539

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78.3

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62.1

vi. 5

48.4

11.8

8.2

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77.4

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Structural steel..............

Metal reinforcement.........

Iron castings, plain..........

Expanded metal.............

Wooden pavement, 2| in. thick Wooden pavement, 3f in. thick

Wooden fence................

Wrought iron pipe railings.....

Drilling bolt holes in old masonry

Waste-gates, 24 x 24 inches......

Waste-gates, 36 x 36 inches......

Metal in guard-gates....................lbs.    465,000

Lift-bridge machinery...................lbs.    100,000

Tar felt waterproofing.................sq. ft.    264,800

Removing old bridge superstructures. lump sum    $600

Ma'ntaining navigation............lumpsum $16,800

Maintaining highway traffic........lump sum $8,400

Buildings to be removed...

Deduct for bridge superstructures.. .lump sum Sand filling.........................cu. yds.

.........lbs.

1,303,317

245,518

1,576,892

334,363

•5 5

lbs.

li,<

330

570

3.8

sq. yds. sq. yds. . .lin. ft. . .lin. ft. .. lin. ft.

2,790

254

2,990

3,116

2,990

25 i

86.6

1'.' 5

23

No.

No.

No.

$600

4,600

100

9G.6

19.5

23

>2

333

96.5

39.7

57.2

£6.5

39.7

57.2

75,522

5,600

37,265

$150

$7,140

$5,160

206,522

5,600

37,265

$150

$13,440

$7,140

16.2

44.3

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5.6

14.1

25'

14 1

25

42.5

61.5

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85

14

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20.6

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$320

$420

53.4

566

11.6

11.6

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$2,515,040

$1,042,310

$1,629,640

41.5

64.8

" Contract No. 9.

“ This contract extends from 0.16 mile- east of Eagle Harbor bridge to 0.09 mile west of Beal’s bridge, a distance of 5.68 miles.

“ The contract was let to the Thomas Crimmins Contracting Company, on March 18, 1908, and was completed and accepted during 1911.

“ The contractors have filed a claim against the State with the Board of Claims, and this Department has collected data and made investigations in connection with preparing defense for this claim, which will be brought to trial in the near future.

“ Contract No. 65.

“ This contract extends from a point 475 feet west of Beal’s bridge to a point 600 feet west of Brospect street bridge, Medina. A. S. Whitbeck, Assistant Engineer, has been in charge of the preliminary work.

“ It was the original intention to diverge from the route of the present Erie canal in the stretch covered by this contract and to construct a cut-off across Oak Orchard gorge, consisting principally of a concrete aqueduct, the span of which was planned to be about 285 feet. Early in the present year it was decided to abandon this scheme and to construct the new canal along the route of the present canal through the village of Medina. In accordance with the change, a preliminary survey was made and cross-sections taken over the new route.

“ In accordance with a request of the designing department, investigations were made in connection with the location of new structures and bar soundings were taken throughout the entire length of the contract. Plans are reported as being 98 per cent completed and the contract will undoubtedly soon be advertised for letting.

“ Contract No. 64.

“ This contract provides for the improvement of the Erie canal from a point 600 feet west of Prospect street bridge, Medina, to a point 100 feet east of Gasport bridge, a distance of 9.91 miles.

K. II. Merrill, Assistant Engineer, is in charge of work.

“ This contract was let to the Empire Engineering Corporation on August 6, 1908.

“ Very little construction work was done on this contract during the winter months. A hand gang, with teams, placed puddle, shaped up banks and did some excavating.

“ The section in the vicinity of Watson’s, where rock occurs above grade, was drilled and blasted, in order that it might be moved later by dipper-dredge.

“ Concrete was placed at the Middleport waste-weir and at Gas-port guard-gate.

“ The contractors installed a machine shop at Middleport and during the winter months constructed the dipper-dredge Empire and overhauled and put in working order the dipper-dredge Become. These dredges were in commission during the season of navigation and did satisfactory work. Two derrick boats are also

used, together with a fleet of tugs and scows, by -which means lining and wash wall have been distributed and placed.

“ Work during the past year has been confined between Middle-port and Gasport, and with the exception of a small amount of slope trimming to be done after water is drawn from the canal, the section between Middleport and Gasport will be completed by the close of navigation.

“All the structures are completed on this contract and the final estimates computed as far as conditions in the field would warrant.

“ The attached table shows the percentage of work done during the year and to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

estimate,

as affected Work done by alterations during year. Nos. 2 to 10, inclusive.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining

miles

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir ft. B. M.

.........lin. ft.

.......ft. B. M.

cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds. cu. yds.

cu. yds.    69,702

sq. yds.    2,160

sq. yds.    2,800

cu. yds.

...lbs.    1,109,805

...lbs.    957,360

..lbs.    67,000

sq. yds.    2,600

lin. ft.    12,348

10

Foundation piles..........

Wooden sheet-piling.......

Second-class concrete......

Third-class concrete.......

Reinforced concrete.......

First-class masonry........

First-class masonry backing First-class masonry bridge coping

Wash wall....................

Second-class stone paving...

Third-class stone paving....

Third-class riprap..........

Cast iron pipe and specials..

Structural steel............

Metal reinforcement.......

Wood pavement...........

Wooden fence..............

Sluice-gate valves.........

Relaying old masonry...............cu. yds.

Repointing..........................lin. ft.

Maintaining navigation............lump    sum

Maintaining highway traffic........lump    sum

Deduct for buildings and bridge superstructures lump sum

Additional bailing and draining.....lump sum

6-inch vitrified pipe, laid. .....;.......lin. ft.

Additional bailing and draining, alteration No. 8..........................'    .

No.

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3,500

134,000

17,231

3,201

6,789

120,168

29,659

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“ This contract provides for the erection of three guard-gate superstructures, one of which is located on this residency, iy2 miles east of Middleport. B. II. Merrill, Assistant Engineer, in charge.

“ Contract No. 75 is being performed by the United Construction Company and was let on March 1, 1910.

“ The guard-gate superstructure has been erected and is complete with the exception of track in the north abutment, which is yet to be lined up. The concrete sill under the north span is also unfinished. This work will be done as soon as water is drawn from the canal at the end of the present season of navigation. There is also some work to be done in connection with an ‘ Extra or unspecified work order,’ providing for several minor changes in the operating equipment.

“ The table giving percentage of work done during the year will be found attached to the report of Residency No. 9.

“ Contract No. 105.

“ This contract provides for the construction of five lift-bridges, one of which is at Hulburton on this residency. J. S. Summers, Assistant Engineer, is in charge.

“ The contract was let to Skene and Richmond, of Louisa, Ky., April 19, 1912.

“ The contractors have very recently started work on the south abutment pit of the Hulburton bridge. About 700 cubic yards of excavation have been removed.

“ The table giving the amount done on the whole contract is included in the report of Residency No. 9.

“ Contract No. 106.

“ This contract provides for the construction of four lift-bridges, two of which are located on Residency No. 10-A; one at Prospect street, Medina, and one at Main street, Middleport.

“ The contract has not yet been awarded, hut plans are about 95 per cent completed. Location surveys were made and cross-sections taken at the site of each of these bridges.

“Repairs to Oak Orchard Feeder.

“ Under chapter 547 of the laws of 1912 an appropriation was made to repair the so-called Oak Orchard feeder, situated 9*4 miles south of Medina. Cross-sections have been taken and plans prepared covering proposed repairs.”

Erie Canal, Residency ISTo. 10-B.

Resident Engineer George C. Andrews reports:

“ This residency extends from a point about 100 feet east of Gasport bridge westward to the Sulphur Springs guard-lock, a distance of 11.7 miles.

“Construction work is divided into four contracts — Eos. 66, 67, 40 and 105. With the exception of two lift-bridges at Lock-port, all the work on the residency is under contract.

“ Contract No. 66.

“ This is the most westerly contract on the ¹ Sixty-mile level ’ and extends from a point 100 feet east of Gasport bridge to a point about 600 feet east of the Lockport locks, a distance of 6.35 miles. R. C. Georger, Assistant Engineer, is in charge.

“ The contract was awarded on September 22, 1908, to the Empire Engineering Corporation of Eew York city, and has been affected by six alterations, which increased the amount of the contract by approximately $79,000.

“ During the past year a 300-foot concrete facing wall was built at Gasport and the concrete wall at Lockport completed. The Lake avenue bridge approach was also finished, completing the structures on the contract.

“ Steel sheet-piles to the number of 2,049 were placed in the tow-path at Lockport and several thousand yards of puddle placed at various points along the prism.

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“ In view of the alterations, the contract time has been extended to December 1, 1912.

“ The following table shows work accomplished during the year and to date:

ITEMS OF WORK.

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Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

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Coffer-dams, pumping, bailing and draining

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Clearing.........................lump sum    $1,900

Grubbing..........................cu. yds.    30,925

Excavation.........................cu. yds.    665,492

Sheeting and bracing...............ft. B. M. 148,000

Forming first-class embankment......cu. yds.    287,472

Forming second-class embankment... .cu. yds.    63,200

Lining.............................cu. yds.    17,184

Cast iron culvert pipe and specials

Structural steel.................

Metal reinforcement............

Wood pavement, 4 in. thick......

Wood pavement, 3 in. thick......

Wood fence....................

Wrought iron pipe railing.......

Lattice railing..................

Sluice-gate valves.....................

Drilling bolt holes in masonry.........lin. ft.

Maintaining navigation............lump sum

Maintaining highway traffic........lump sum

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“ This contract provides for the construction of the canal prism, with two locks and other structures at Lockport, extending from the west end of contract No. 66 to the east end of contract Yo. 40, Yon. 1 — 9

a distance of 0.57 mile. Edward Anderberg, Assistant Engineer, is in charge.

“ The contract was awarded to Larkin and Sangster on September 3, 191.0, at the contract price of $1,149,401.25. Work wras begun October 3, 1910. Alteration No. 1, providing for an extension of the Main street bridge, increased the contract by about $59,000.

“ The previous year’s work had left this contract in good shape for rapid work and the contractors took advantage of it. During the past year the excavation for locks Nos. 34 and 35 was completed. Lock No. 35 was practically completed and 80 per cent of the concrete placed in Lock No. 34. The upper gates and valves of lock No. 35 were placed. Transit street bridge was erected and 50 per cent of the steel work in the Main street bridge placed and riveted. Besides this, some prism excavation was made above and below the locks.

“ The principal plant on the work is an air-compressor station, one 70-ton Bucyrus shovel, one Thew shovel, three dinkey train outfits, two concrete mixers, channelers, drills, derricks, etc.

“ The following table shows the amount of wTork done during the year and to date:

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Sawed lumber..................

White oak lumber in lock-gates...

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Reinforced concrete.............

First-class masonry coping.......

Grouted riprap.................

Fourth-class riprap..............

6-inch vitrified pipe, laid.........

12-inch vitrified pipe, laid........

15-inch vitrified pipe, laid........

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Structural steel.................

Iron castings, plain.............

Iron castings, machined.........

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3,331

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Total work done to date.

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“ This contract extends from the west end of contract No. 67, in the city of Lockport, to Sulphur Springs guard-lock at Pendleton, where it adjoins contract No. 19. Length of contract, 4.84 miles. Assistant Engineer Huber is in charge.

“ The contract has been under construction by the United Engineering and Contracting Company, of New York city, since March, 1909. The contract price was $2,168,298, but this has been increased by three alterations to $2,252,144.

“ The work of this contract consists mainly of earth and rock excavation, following the line of the old Erie canal. Both the nature of the work and the plant which the contractors have placed on the job make it necessary that the work be done in the ¹ dry/ rendering it impossible to do more than minor work during the period of navigation.

“ During the past year approximately 450,000 cu. yds. of earth and rock were excavated, of which 448,000 cu. yds. were taken out up to May 15, 1912.

“ The principal plant on the work was as follows: Steam-shovel and trains near Prospect street, which removed 29,000 cu. yds. of rock; cableway and steam-shovel plant, which removed. 64,000 cu. yds. of earth and rock; cantilever excavator and conveyor, which removed 111,000 cu. yds. of earth; double-boom

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“ Riley’s and Summit street bridges were completed and the concrete substructures for Prospect street bridge, Hawley’s bridge and the north abutment of the guard-lock bridge were built. Practically all the steel for the riveted.

“ The following table shows the work done during the year and to date:

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Preliminary estimate, as affected

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Work done during year.

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

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Channeling..........................sq. ft.

Forming embankment...............cu. yds.

Lining.............................cu. yds.

Sawed lumber, yellow pine or Douglas fir,

Foundation piles.............

Second-class concrete.........

Third-class concrete..........

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Second-class riprap...........

Third-class riprap............

Fourth-class riprap...........

Structural steel..............

Metal reinforcement..........

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Wooden pavement, 2} in. thick.......sq. yds.

Wooden pavement, 3| in. thick.......sq. yds.

Wooden fence........................fin. ft.

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“ This contract calls for the construction of five lift-bridges over the Erie canal, one of which is on this residency, at Gasport. R. 'C. Georger, Assistant Engineer, is in charge.

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“ Work was started at the Gasport lift-bridge on September 12, 1912. The total contract is for $258,710', of which it is estimated the Gasport bridge will cost $44,050.50.

“ To date the contractor has installed his plant for excavating and concreting and has started the excavation for the south abutment.

“ The table giving the amount done on the whole contract is included in the report of Residency No. 9. The following table shows the work done on this residency to date:

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Work done during year.

Total work done to date.

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Per cent of work done to date.

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Erie Canal, Residency No. 11.

Resident Engineer George C. Andrews reports:

“ This residency extends from the Sulphur Springs guard-lock at Pendleton to and through the city of Buffalo. Two Barge canal contracts are embraced in this residency, contract No. 19 and one not yet advertised, which extends from the Delaware avenue bridge, Tonawanda, to the Niagara river, a distance of about 2,500 feet.

“ Contract No. 19.

“ This contract extends from the Pendleton guard-lock to Delaware avenue bridge, Tonawanda, a distance of 12.46 miles.

O. L. Burdett, Assistant Engineer, is in charge.

“ The contract was let to the Great Lakes Construction Company, of Buffalo, N. Y., on November 26, 1906. Work was begun on May 25, 1907.

“ The original contract price was $1,002,171, but it has been affected by three alterations, which reduced the amount of the contract by about $109,000.

“ The contract is essentially a dredging proposition, extending about HV2 miles along Tonawanda creek and about one mile along typical artificial canal. During the year 226,000 cubic yards were excavated, of which the hydraulic dredge Niagara removed 215,000 cubic yards in eight working months, having been laid up from November 30 until April 1 on account of the severe winter. The dipper dredge Buffalo was operated eight months in excavating and casting over material, which was later handled by the hydraulic dredge. The excavator Lehigh, equipped with Page bucket, was employed eight months, building dikes for hydraulic spoil banks.

“After the close of navigation, the coffer-dam across the canal at McDonald’s culvert was rebuilt and a Marion steam-shovel and train outfit installed between McDonald’s culvert and the guard-lock. This shovel removed 10,500 cu. yds. of rock, which completed the rock excavation on the contract.

“During the year two slides occurred. One removed 150 feet of the tow-path and the other destroyed the timber dock at Martinsville. This latter structure was rebuilt with a heavier construction.

“ During the year 34,800 ft. B. M. of triple lap sheet-piling were placed in the stream entrances.

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Work done during year.

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

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Lining................... ...cu. yds.    2,200

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North abutment, Main street bridge, Lockport. Local conditions, which make of this bridge a public square in the center of the city, demand a peculiar structure. It is a tliree-hinged, deck, plate-girder, arch bridge, with a span of 11'6 ft. 10 in. between end pins and a rise of 12 ft. between center and end pins. Its width, 475 ft., takes in two streets and the block between, lo secure proper clearance above water surface and not elevate the street grade, a unique form of girder was designed, as shown in the view. Instead of being uniformly arched, it has an angular shape at the outer end.

ITEMS OF WORK.

Preliminary

ssjr.

as

by

alterations.

Total work done to date.

Per cent of work done during year.

Per cent of work done to date.

Second-class concrete.....

Reinforced concrete......

Metal reinforcement.

First-class masonry coping

Third-class riprap........

Cobblestone paving......

Wooden fencing.........

Structural steel..........

Removing bridge superstructures... .lump sum

Raising bridge superstructures......'

Maintaining traffic

Gross estimate.. .

cu. yds

cu.

ds.

15,900

12,987

42,737

81

91.3

93.4

cu. yds, cu. yds. sq. yds. . Jin. ft.

56

65

lbs.

402

lump sum lump sum

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1,560 243,960 $359

$2,598.48 $28.75    $497.17

$891,401    $46,560    $749,690

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26.8

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83

84.1

CONCLUSION.

A statement of the engineering expenses of the Division and tables of contracts pending as well as those completed during the fiscal year follow.

I desire to express to you and to your deputies my gratitude for the valuable assistance and consideration that you have given me in the performance of my duties. I also desire to thank all the employees of the Division for the faithful and efficient services they have rendered and to express my appreciation to the various contractors for their willing cooperation in the carrying on of contract work.

Respectfully submitted,

EDWARD J. GOVERN,

Division Engineer.

The Following Statements Show the Name, Rank and Compensation of Engineers in the Western Division of the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor, Together with Incidental Expenses for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912.

Ordinary Repairs to Canals — Erie Canal.

Chapter 810, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

Edward J. Govern.....

Peter Sheridan........

Joseph H. Walburn....

A. B. Williams........

Anna M. Lorscheider.. .

Division engineer

Cashier.........

Cashier.........

Estimate clerk... Stenographer

$350 per month 150 per month 150 per month 150 per month 100 per month

$4,200 00 641 38 1,086 21 1,800 00 1,200 00

$4,200 00 641 38 1,086 21 1,800 00 1,200 00

Total

$8,927 59

Construction of Barge Canal — Erie Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel

Total.

Division engineer... Supervising engineer Resident engineer. . Resident engineer. . Resident engineer. . Resident engineer.. George C. Andrews. . .. Resident engineer. .

B.    E. Failing..........Resident engineer..

O. F. Bellows..........Resident engineer. .

J. V. Hogan...........Assistant    engineer. .

Edward Aiderberg.....Assistant    engineer..

H. R. Wickham.......Assistant    engineer..

G.    C. Britton..........Assistant    engineer..

C.    L. Baldwin.........Assistant    engineer..

A.    S. Millinowski......Assistant    engineer. .

Gordon Edson.........Assistant    engineer..

C.    R. Waters..........Assistant    engineer..

B.    L. G. Rees.........Assistant    engineer. .

J. S. Clancy...........Assistant    engineer..

L. G. Fisher...........Assistant    engineer..

F. C. Koerner.........Assistant    engineer. .

H.    J. Hemstreet.......Assistant    engineer..

E. P. Strowger........Assistant    engineer..

A. S. Whitbeck........Assistant    engineer..

J. S. Summers.........Assistant    engineer..

George D. Kellogg.....Assistant    engineer..

Frank T. Marsh.......Assistant    engineer..

R. H. Merrill..........Assistant    engineer..

Elias H. Anderson.....Assistant    engineer..

W. T. Huber..........Assistant    engineer..

0. L. Burdett.........Assistant    engineer..

J. V. Hogan...........Assistant    engineer..

E. C. Lawton.........Assistant    engineer..

Fred J. Wilbur........Assistant    engineer..

D.    E. Bellows.........1 Assistant engineer..

H. N. Metzger........[Assistant engineer..

C.    D. Murray.........I Assistant engineer..

Edward J. Govern H. J. Knoppel.... George C. Mills. .

J. V. Hogan......

C. J. McDonough. Waldo G. Wilde3.

$350 per month..........

250 per month $2,830 65 250 per month 250 per month 250 per month 250 per month 250 per month 225 per month 225 per month 7 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day

693 55 876 88 875 00 665 33 411 29 2,700 00 2,700 00 42 00 1,884 00 1,956 00 1,770 00 1,890 00 1,878 50 1,599 00 2,058 00 1,518 00 906 00 1,344 00 1,818 00 678 00 1,056 00 1,500 00 1,878 00 1,728 00 1,800 00 1,640 00 630 00 1,890 00 1,878 00 1,020 00 932 00 1,878 00 1,800 00 516 00 1,944 00

271 13 317 11 15 15 804 21 191 42

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205 70 20 98 129 44

Construction of Barge Canal— Erie Canal— (Continued).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

Carl Ashley...........

F. W. Madigan........

H. N. Metzger........

C. E. Elmendorf.......

Gordon Edson.........

Ely Gamse............

Fred’k T. Lawton......

R. D. Cameron........

C. H.Swick...........

George S. Haight......

A. P. Mussi...........

R. C. Georger.........

J. V. Hogan...........

F.V.Searls...........

Dora Hamilton........

A. Edith Schoelles.....

A. Edith Schoelles.....

Emma M. Repp.......

Emma M. Repp.......

W. A. Kehoe..........

John J. Nugent........

W. H. Dernell.........

A. B. Chappell........

Tracy B. Smith........

H. G. McKelvey.......

Chas. R. Zorsch.......

H. H. Stickney, Jr.....

H. Clyde Roe.........

C.J.Alber............

H. W. Lockwood......

Jas. G. Allan..........

W. J. Burns...........

R. J. Curran..........

Ely Gamse............

A. E. Roche...........

R. D. Cameron........

P. L. Arnold..........

H. J. Simmelink.......

J. J. Hynes, Jr.........

C. J. Bean............

A. P. Mussi...........

J. B. Doyle...........

Bruce L. Hall.........

L. R. Barnes..........

C. H.Swick...........

George S. Haight......

W. J. Willis...........

R. C. Georger.........

J. F. Back............

Jacob Bendell.........

R. D. Cameron........

J. B. Doyle...........

Bruce L. Hall.........

Burr M. Stark........

J. L. Ames............

L.    F. E.rgleston........

J. H. Bovier...........

John Mockler.........

W. C. R. Pyne........

Fred C. Facer.........

Paul A. Volcker.......

C.    M. Colony.........

M.    F. Dullea..........

T. S. Fillebrown.......

J.W. Howe...........

Benjamin Krotmyer....

J. F. Back............

J. L. Ames............

Walter G. Dubey......

D.    T. Simpson.........

A. A. Levison.........

L.P. Slade............

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Assistant engineer.......

Estimate clerk..........

Confidential stenographer

Stenographer...........

Stenographer...........

Stenographer...........

Stenographer...........

Chauffeur..............

Chauffeur..............

Draftsman..............

Draftsman..............

Draftsman..............

Draftsman..............

Draftsman..............

Draftsman..............

Draftsman..............

Draftsman..............

Draftsman..............

Tracer.................

Tracer.................

Tracer.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

, Leveler.................

. Leveler.................

. Leveler.................

. Leveler.................

, Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Leveler.................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman..............

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

Rodman................

$6 00 per day 5 50 per day 5 50 per day 5 50 per day 5 50 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 150 per month 125 per month 75 per month 60 per month 75 per month 60 per month 100 per month

5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 75 per month 75 per month 75 per month 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 50 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day 4 00 per day

$1,890 00 1,874 00 1,366 00 1,776 50 220 00 70 00 625 00 170 00 615 00 565 00 550 00 1,175 00 315 00 1,800 OOj 1,500 00 450 00 360 00 225 00 442 00 1,009 57 187 10 600 00 1,580 00 980 00 650 00 1,535 00 1,565 00 1,500 00' 1,565 00 1,065 00 885 48 713 71 465 00 936 00 445 09 360 00 1,580 00 1,495 00 1,605 00 525 00 1,080 00 415 00 395 00 i

oo; 1,060 ooi 1,055 oo! 594 00 360 00 837 00 31 50 526 50 1,084 50 1,039 50s 684 00, 630 00! 558 001 628 00 732 00' 748 00! 1,328 00;

344 00 1,120 00 1,308 00 500 00 1,288 00 700 00 520 00 696 00 1,256 00 1,264 00 628 00 1,252 00

$36 62 133 75 55 53 75 47

3 45

20 71

73 27 50 49 177 22

55 00 14 90

48 81 15 16

2 17

132 03

3 20

2 85

33 30

$1,926 62 2,007 75 1,421 53 1,851 97 223 45 90 71 625 00 170 00 615 00 565 00 550 00 1,248 27 365. 49 1,977 22 1,500 00 450 00 360 00 225 00 442 00 1,064 57 202 00 600 00 1,580 00 980 00 650 00 1,535 00 1,613 81 1,515 16 1,565 00 1,065 00 885 48 713 71 467 17 1,068 03 445 00 360 00 1,580 00 1,495 00 1,608 20

525    00 1,080 00

415 00 395 00 880 00 1,060 00 1,055 00 594 00 360 00 837 00 31 50

526    50 1,084 50 1,039 50

686 85 630 00 55S 00 628 00 732 00 781 30 1,328 00 344 00 1,120 00 1,308 00 500 00 1,288 00 700 00 520 00 696 00 1,256 00 1,264 00 628 00 1,252 00

Construction of Barge Canal — Erie Canal— (Continued).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

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Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

Rodman

M. Tiefenbrum..

W. Robinson....

J. Lyons........

D.    M. Miner....

A. A. Levison. . .

Paul A. Volcker.

F. M. White. . ..

T. S. Fillebrown.

J. H. Bovier.....

John Mockler...

W. C. R. Pyne..

F.    L. Van Patten Leon C. Loomis.

H. N. Henderson

L.    F. Eggleston.

J. C. Cowe.....

M.    G. Cain. . . ..

Harry Rozinski..

H. J. Whitman..

Fred C. Davis...

John M. Barney.

Frank M. Hardeman... Rodman Lawrence Bentley George Dunlop...

E.    L. Wick......

G.    M. Harris.....

H.    B. Finnan.. . .

W. P. Lynch.....

Jas. Sim.........

W. W. Barclay...

C. M. Leet......

T. McMorrow....

E. V. Allendorph.

J. O. Donnelly. . .

Fred’k T. Lawton A. W. Balliett....

H. B. Failing....

L.    H. Brandt....

H. Kramer.......

Fred H. Palmer..

E. H. Wetzel....

C. J. Lahey......

Jas. A. Lair......

Wm. F. Guenther John G. Farrell..

Jas. Hutt........

Wm. Sterritt.....

Archie Ventras. ..

David Bowes.....

Wm. Dwyer.....

E. J. Burns......

R.    Nichols.......

E. A. Faille......

H. J. Whitman...

Martin Scanlon..

Irving Whitney..

Leon Simpson....

Leo Durnherr....

S.    Hutchinson....

E. Mahoney.....

M.    H. McConnell C. V. Ford E. Hassig.

Fred B. Sh

Fred Unger.....

E. N. Parker....

Chas. Sterling...

R. N. Hale.....

Fred J. Converse John M. Fagan..

T.    F. Moran....

erman

Rodman..............

Rodman..............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Inspector.............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Inspector..............

Foreman of borings.....

Foreman of borings.....

Foreman of public works

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

$4 00 per day 4 00 per day 1,284 03 4 00 per day 1,268 00

4    00 per day 1,276 00 3 50 per day 646 00 3 50 per day 854 00 3 50 per day 1,116 50 3 50 per day 640 50 3 50 per day 570 50 3 50 per day 455 00 3 50 per day 164 00 3 50 per day 119 00 3 50 per day 528 50 3 50 per day 542 50 3 50 per day 224 00 3 50 per day 553 00 3 50 per day 521 50 3 50 per day 182 00 3 50 per day 416 50 3 50 per day 427 00 3 50 per day 248 50 3 50 per day 224 00 3 50 per day 150 50 3 50 per day 45 50

5    00 per day 1,665 00 5 00 per day 1,645 00 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 1,36000 5 00 per day 5 00 per day) 1,290 00

1,645 00 1,605 00 590 00 1,335 00 696 50 168 00 224 00 168 00 1,526 00 524 00 850 00 939 00 645 00 666 00 12 00 252 00 306 00 267 00 117 00 312 00 594 00 120 00 990 00 192 00 150 00 390 00 339 CO 36 00 327 00 399 00 513 00 387 00 171 00 558 00 543 00 546 00 147 00 276 00 240 00 327 00 357 00

$768 00

860 00

650 00

$2 85

4 12

7 67

46 65

5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day

4    50 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day 3 50 per day

3    50 per day

5    00 per day

4    00 per day

5    00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day: 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day

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Construction of Barge Canal— Erie Canal— (Continued).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

TotaL-

Frank N. Sisson..

C. L. Weil.......

Wm. H. Saunders.

E.    J. Greiner.....

J. J. Sullivan.....

L. H. Brandt.....

F.    J. O’Connor... Myron Abramson. Myron A. Bantrell

S.    A. Miller......

F. G. Hempel....

A. F. Truex......

Jas. Boucher.....

Edward Dowd...

C. T. Smith......

Jas. Wilson......

Chas. J. Donaher. H. A. Ingersoll...

A.    W. Balliett....

Frank E. Simpson Fred C. Davis.... H. J. O’Connor... C. F. Doty......

T.    Beaupre......

H. A. Shafer.....

F. G. Kimball.... J. F. Webster.. ..

P. M. Howe.....

W. N. Whitney. .

W. J. Ryan......

W. B. Green.....

L. T. Phillips. . . . Clarence Budlong C. H. Davy......

B.    Z. W ildenberg.

Jas. Boucher.....

Edward Dowd. . .

C.    T. Smith......

Wm. H. Barhyte . Wm F. Lysett... Frank E. Sir

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Fred C. Davis. George Dunlop C. F. Doty.... T. Bea pre.....

G.    D. Wetzel..

W. N. Whitney W. J. Ryan.... W. B. Green... L. T. Phillips... Ivan C. Hall.... Leslie Ames.....

H.    V. Dumont. . Carl N. Backus. .

E.    J. Bullis......

F.    L. Peacock....

L. B. Curry......

Frank N. Sisson..

C. L. Weil......

Wm. H. Saunders Guy L. Smith... Finla L. Jones... George E. Merry.

T. J. Smith.....

Lynn H. Barrows A C. Kenny. .. . W. H. Kewin . . Wm. Marshall. . . John Finnigan... C. R. Elliott... J. H. Madden...

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$411 00 489 00 441 00 951 00 942 00 810 00 939 00 546 00 285 00 963 00 942 00 885 00 753 00 699 00 486 00 990 00 669 00 942 00 843 00 474 00 543 00 633 00 804 00 477 00 942 00 942 00 456 00 945 00 393 00 642 00 501 00 465 00 732 00 30 00 111 00 130 00 130 00 415 50 90 00 422 50 390 00 65 00 690 00 127 50 402 00 300 00 455 00 262 50 132 50 335 00 190 00 227 50 180 00 37 50 310 09 210 00 167 50 472 50 410 00 455 00 195 00 830 00 785 00 262 50 782 50

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$411 00 489 00 441 00 951 00 942 00 810 00 939 00 54 6 00 285 00 963 00 942 00 885 00 753 00 708 00 486 00 990 00 669 00 942 00 843 00 474 00 543 00 633 00 804 00 477 00 942 00 942 00 456 00 945 00 393 00 642 00 501 00 465 00 742 25 30 00 111 00 130 00 130 00 415 50 90 00 422 50 390 00 65 00 690 00 127 50 402 00 300 00 455 0^ 262 51 132 50 335 00 190 00 227 50 180 00 37 50 310 00 210 00 167 50 472 50 410 00 455 00 195 00 830 00 785 00 262 50 782 50

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Construction of Barge Canal — Erie Canal— (Continued).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory law3.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer.

Fred B. Sherman......Laborer.

Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer. Laborer, Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer Laborer . Laborer , 'Laborer . Laborer . Laborer . Labo . Laborer . Laborer

J. Westbrook.....

George R. Shea..

Peter Arnold.....

Edward McGurn. Martin Hickey...

B.    A. McDonald. Patrick O’Donnell Rendal! Rhody... J. B. Roberts. .. . H. B. Riestern....

Jas. Duffy.......

John Rickard. . . George Milliner. . Edward Welsh... Leo G. Cooley....

A. B. Curran.....

John F. Carroll...

H. R. Dix.......

Michael Unger. ..

Wm. Harris......

E. B. Male......

M. H. McConnell

C.    V. Ford......

E. Hassig........

Fred Unger...........

E. N. Parker.........

E. J. Burns...........

R. F. Nichols.........

H. J. Whitman........

Irving Whitney.......

Thos. Cleary, Jr.......

Geo. McFarland, Jr.... W. T. Burke..........

M.    Kirsch ............

G.    A. Lewis...........

B.    McCabe...........

E. M. Ryan...........

E. C. Warren.........

C.    L. Foster..........

N.    J. O’Mealia........

E. A. Close...........

E.    W. Burke..........

R. T. Speigel..........

C. R. Kirby...........

Harry Beck...........

Patrick O’Brien.......

Wm. F. Guenther......

J. Corbett...........

Allan T. Sinclair......

F.    F. Moran.........

Hiram J. Wolfe.......

C. E. Crowley........

F. J. Madden........

J. H. Madigan........

J. E. McNulty........

H.    Carson...........

Edward T. Wells.....

E.    L. Kelly..........

Irving O’Keefe.......

Frank Murphy.......

T. E. Williams.......

J. H. Spencer........

F.    B. Lent...........

Ira J. Foster.........

C. H. Schlee.........

Wm. A. Beal, Jr......

Richard Maxwell.....

Wm. A. Flynn........

R. N. Hale..........

Joseph Berger........

$2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day

gggggggggggggggggggggggRggggggggggggggggggggggggSgggggggggggggggggggggg

1626 00 166 00 626 00 518 00 518 00 138 00 626 00 530 00 626 00 606 00 248 00 30 00 636 00 356 00 626 00 450 00 544 00 308 00 692 00 648 00 648 00 256 00 66 00 218 00 288 00 290 00 302 00 304 00 238 00 282 00 290 00 114 00 426 00 434 00 630 00 604 00 642 00 626 00 628 00 650 00 640 00 660 00 644 00 652 00 434 00 114 00 114 00 182 00 86 00 438 00 64 00 314 00 626 00 626 00 434 00 630 00 360 00 50 00 264 00 248 00 126 00 198 00 48 00 130 00 738 00 676 00 706 00 688 00 282 00 446 00 656 00

Construction of Barge Canal— Erie Canal— (Concluded).

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

F. B. Engert......

A. R. Payser......

J. R. Brundage.... ffm. A. Sullivan... J. Louia Myers....

T. J. Griffin.......

D. Lawler........

Harry E. Rose. . ..

C. Kumro........

F. J. Bauman.....

Floyd M. Harris... John Ritzenthaler.

Douglas Hall.....

J. Hart...........

Carl Tuscher......

Wm. Swartz......

C. Henry Harrison

P. J. Slavin.......

Jacob Snell, Jr....

Laborer.....

Laborer.....

Laborer.....

Laborer.....

Laborer.....

Laborer.....

Laborer

Laborer.....

Laborer Laborer.... Laborer.... Laborer.... Laborer.... Laborer.... Gage reader. Gage reader. Gage reader. Gage reader. Gage reader .

$2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day! 2 00 per day 5 00 per month 5 00 per month 5 00 per month

5    00 per month

6    00 per month

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Instruments, tools and appliances

Office rent.....................

Fuel and light..................

Stationery and printing..........

Postage........................

Telephone and telegraph.........

Miscellaneous..................

Incidental Expenses.

$234,716 47

$301 39 4,356 18 562 19 440 23 457 08 1,805 67 22,721 14

30,643 88

Total

$265,360 35

Repairs to Oak Orchard Feeder.

Chapter 547, Laws of 1912.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

Joseph V. Hogan. A. S. Whitbeck...

W. J. Burns......

Edward Dowd Irving J. Whitney Thos. McGrath...

Thos. Collins.....

Michael Kearney.

Jas. Allis........

Jas. Wilson......

Walter Linkey...

Jas. Sweeney.....

Martin Hickey... Edward McGurn.

Assistant engineer Assistant engineer.

Tracer...........

Chainman........

Boatman.........

Foreman.........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

Laborer..........

$6 00 per day 6 00 per day 75 per month 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day

$96 00 87 10 48 00

$23 00 32 00 10 78

9 00

33 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 32 00 32 00

$23 00 128 00 97 88 48 00 9 00 33 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 22 00 32 00 32 00

Livery........

Miscellaneous

Incidental Expenses.

$469 10    $65 78

$534 88

$30 00 46 19

76 19

Total

$611 07

NAME.

E. C. Lawton. H. A. Ingersoll Leo G. Cooley. Douglas Hall..

Total.....

NAME.

J. S. Summers.....

R. H. Merrill.....

Joseph V. Hogan. . Frank T. Marsh... George D. Kellogg

B.    L. G. Rees.....

H. N. Metzger.... A. S. Whitbeck....

Bruce L. Hall.....

W. H. Dernell.....

H. Clyde Roe.....

Tracy B. Smith... Chas. R. Zorseh...

H.    H. Stickney, Jr

W. J. Burns.......

Jas. G. Allan......

C.    M. Colony.....

Edward Dowd Frank N. Sisson...

I.    J. Whitney.....

David W. Bowes.. Fred H. Palmer. . . M. H. McConnell.

E. B. Male.......

Ira J. Foster......

Edward McGurn. . Martin Hickey

Miscellaneous

Total

Repairs to Drain at Chapel Street, Lockport.

Chapter 397, Laws of 1912.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

Assistant engineer

Chainman.......

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

$6 00 per day 3 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day

$48 00

$48 00

3 00

3 00

2 00

2 00

Surveys for State Board of Claims.

Chapter 811, Laws of 1911.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

2 00

2 00

$55 00

Total.

Assistant engineer.. Assistant engineer.. Assistant engineer.. Assistant engineer., Assistant engineer.. Assistant engineer., Assistant engineer. Assistant engineer..

Leveler............

Draftsman.........

Draftsman.........

Draftsman.........

Draftsman.........

Draftsman.........

Tracer............

Tracer............

Rodman...........

Chainman........

Chainman.........

Boatman..........

Boatman..........

Foreman of borings

Laborer...........

Laborer...........

Laborer...........

Laborer...........

Laborer...........

$6 00 per day

6    00 per day

7    00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day

5    50 per day

6    00 per day

4    50 per day

5    00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 75 per month 75 per month 4 00 per day 3 00 per day

2    50 per day

3    00 per day

3    00 per day

4    00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day

Incidental Expenses.

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$0 84 41 57

6 30

3 28

6 39

6 35

7 10

51 96 11 05

2 55

10 15 15 20

2 00

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$1,409 71    $189 56 $1,599 27

......... 180 61

£0 61

$1,679 88

Surveys, Field Notes and Manuscript Maps.

Chapter 511, Laws of 1912.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

H. J. Hemstreet. L. G. Fisher. . .. Edwin Hilborn..

G.    D. Kellogg... D. E. Bellows... R. D. Cameron..

H.    J. Simmelink.

W. J. Burns.....

W. B. Green....

L. B. Curry.....

H. V. Dumont. .

P. C. Rock......

L. Durnherr. . . .

C. R. Kirby.....

W. T. Burke....

F.    B. Monaghan J. P. Lawyer....

G.    W. Scott.....

J. P. Spear......

H.    I. Ingersoll... W.C. Behan....

Assistant engineer Assistant engineer Assistant engineer Assistant engineer Assistant engineer Assistant engineer

Leveler...........

Tracer..........

Chainman.......

Chainman.......

Chainman.......

Chainman.......

Boatman........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

$6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 75 per month 3 00 per day 2 50 per day 2 50 per day

2    50 per day

3    00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day

848 00 576 00 24 00 150 00

$5 52 13 71

204

00, 25 00' 70 00 75 00 291 00 15 00 30 00 227 50 291 00 194 00 194 00 192 00 180 00 142 00 84 00 118 00 130 00

3 65

11

5 85

2 85

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3 85

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Miscellaneous

Incidental Expenses.

83,260 50    850 57 83,311 07

......... 8185 85

185 85

Total

83,496 92

Summary.

The foregoing tables are summarized as follows:

Ordinary Repairs to Canals.

1. Erie canal, chapter 810, Laws of 1911

$8,927 59

Construction of Barge Canal.

2. Erie canal, chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws. . . .

265,360 35

Special Work.

3.    Repairs to Oak Orchard feeder, chapter 547, Laws of 1912........

4.    Repairs to drain at Chapel st., Lockport, chapter 397, Laws of 1912

611 07 55 00

Special Surveys.

5.    Surveys for Board of Claims, chapter 811, Laws of 1911............

6.    Surveys, field notes and manuscript maps, chapter 511, Laws of 1912

1,679 88 3,496 92

Total

$280,130 81

Table of Contracts Completed on the Western Division During the Fiscal Year Ended

September 30, 1912.

Construction of Barge Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws

Final

payment.

Contract price, as affected by alterations.

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

$1,033,864 04 655,461 19

$1,026,549 80 803,297 18

$1,381,662 50 724,014 00

Contract No. 6, Erie canal — Buffalo road, southwest of Rochester, to Contract No. 9,

near South Greece.........................

Erie canal — Eagle Harbor to Beal’a bridge.. .

May 3, 1905 Mar. 18, 1908

F. A. Maselli

Thos. Crimmins Contracting Co..

Value of work to September 30, 1912.

$749,690 00

751,050 00 1,024,280 00

1,738,530 00 830,850 00

835,140 00

543,700 00 1,287,080 00

861.870    00 1,629,640 00 1,421,190 00

827,740 00

764,240 00 739,440 00

40,980 00

790.870    00

Table of Contracts Pending on the Western Division, September 30, 1912.

Construction of Barge Canal.

Chapter 147, Laws of 1903, and amendatory laws.

Contract price, affected by alterations.

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

$891,401 16

1,323,150 00 1,824,388 60

$1,038,245 00

1,475,900 00 2,166,600 00

2,252,143 80 1,279,327 60

2,516,743 00 1,434,148 00

1,679,211 95

1,626,811 50

Contract No. 19, Erie canal — Sulphur Springs guard-lock to

Ellicott creek..........................................

Contract No. 21, Erie canal — Genesee river to near N. Y. C.

R. R. bridge..........................................

Contract No. 23, Erie canal — Kings Bend to Genesee river....

Contract No. 40, Erie canal — Locks at Lockport to Sulphur

Springs guard-lock.....................................

Contract No. 47, Erie canal — Town of Galen to Lyons.......

Contract No. 48,.Erie canal —- Near N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. crossing at Lyons to near West Shore R. R. crossingat East Newark...............................................

Nov. 26, 1906

April 7, 1910

Aug. 18, 1909

Nov. 27, 1908

Nov. 30, 1908 Dec. 29, 1910

Great Lakes Construction Co....

Lane Brothers Co

Millard <fc Lupton Co...........

United Engineering & Contracting Co......................

Crowell-Sherman-Stalter Co.....

Crowell-Sherman-Stalter Co.....

735,227 25 1,491,316 91 1,090,853 35 2,515,042 82 2,349,697 46 1,335,433 78

854,393 59 1,208,110 00

42,917 00 1,512,011 15

Contract No. 49, Erie canal — Palmyra to Wayne-Monroe

county line....... 765,679    00

Contract No. 60, Erie canal — Near South Greece to near

Adams Basin .................................... 1,267,301 00

Contract No. 61, Erie canal — Near Adams Basin to Monroe-

Orleans county line............................... 1,000,219    00

Contract No. 62, Erie canal — Monroe-Orleans county line to

Eagle Harbor. ........................................ 2,151,470    00

Contract No. 63, Erie canal — Wayne-Monroe county line to

Kings Bend........................................... 2,184,083    00

Contract No. 64, Erie canal — Near Prospect street, Medina,

to near Gasport....................................... 1,207,930 00

Contract No. 66, Erie canal — Near Gasport to near locks at

Lockport........ 751,039    00

Contract No. 67, Erie canal — Locks at Lockport............ 1,290,880    00

Contract No. 75, Erie canal — Guard-gate superstructures on

contracts Nos. 60, 61 and 64............................|    39,525 00

Contract No. 76, Erie canal — Near West Shore R. R. crossing

at East Newark to about one-half mile east of Port Gibson.. I 1,504,776 00

Feb. 21, 1910

Aug. 6, 1908

Oct. 13, 1908

Aug. 11, 1910

June 3, 1910

Aug. 6, 1908

Sept. 22, 1908

Sept. 3, 1910 Mar. 1, 1910

Dec. 23, 1910

American Pipe & Construction

Co

Empire Engineering Corporation.

Cleveland & Sons Co...........

I. M. Ludington’s Sons, Inc.....

H. S. Kerbaugh, Inc............

Empire Engineering Corporation.

Empire Engineering Corporation.

Larkin & Sangster..............

United Construction Co.........

The T. A. Gillespie Co..........

Table of Contracts Pending on the Western Division, September 30, 1912—(Continued).

Construction of Barge Canal—(Continued).

Value of work to September 30, 1912.

Contract, price, as affected by alteration.

Engineer’s

preliminary

estimate.

Character of work.

Date of contract.

CONTRACTOR.

$1,176,270 00 21,320 00

30,620 00

$1,701,807 55 28,841 50 59,616 00 258,710 00

$1,790,672 00 27,235 00 65,116 00 253,010 00

Contract No. 77, Erie canal — About one-half mile east of Port

Gibson to about one-half mile west of Palmyra............

Contract No. 82, Erie canal — Highway bridge superstructures within the limits

of contract No. 21......................

Contract No. 89, Erie canal — Construction of highway

bridges between Lyons and Palmyra....... ..........

Contract No. 105, Erie canal — Construction of five lift bridges from Spencerport to Gasport

Dec. 23, 1910 Dec. 7, 1910 May 28, 1912 April 19, 1912

The T. A. Gillespie Co

Groton Bridge Co. . Owego Bridge Co. . Skene & Richmond

REPORT

OF THE

TERMINAL ENGINEER

ON

BARGE CANAL TERMINALS

For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912

TERMINAL ENGINEER’S REPORT.

State of New Yoke,

Department of State Engineer and Surveyor, Barge Canal Terminals,

Terminal Engineer’s Office.

Albany, October 1, 1912.

Hon. J. A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor, Albany, N. Y. :

Sir.— I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report as Terminal Engineer in the Bureau of Barge Canal Terminals, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.

■Chapter 746, Laws of 1911, authorizing the expenditure of $19,800,000 in the construction of Barge Canal Terminals, having been duly approved at the election held in November, 1911, plans were at once made to carry out the provisions of said act.

About January 1, 1912, an office was opened in the city of Albany and preparations were made for obtaining the necessary engineering organization to carry on the preliminary work of surveys, investigations, estimates, etc. The progress of the work may have been somewhat slower than desired, but this has been due to a considerable extent to the usual delays in perfecting an organization, etc. The work has been divided geographically into four divisions, namely, the Southern, Eastern, Middle and Western divisions, respectively. The Southern division includes New York city and the adjacent territory, the work of this division being in charge of Mr. Carleton Greene, Division Engineer, with an office at No. 17 Battery place, New York city. The Eastern division includes that portion of the Erie canal system from the county line between Oneida and Herkimer counties easterly to Waterford and the entire Champlain canal from Waterford northerly to Whitehall, including Lake Champlain from Whitehall to Rouses Point. The work on the Eastern division is in charge of the Terminal Engineer, with an office in the

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Lyon Block, Albany. The Middle division covers that portion of the Erie canal system from the line between Herkimer and Oneida counties and extends westerly to the county line between Wayne and Seneca counties, and includes also the Cayuga and Seneca canal and the Oswego canal, and is in charge of Mr. Guy

L. Foble, Division Engineer, with an office at 433 South Salina street, Syracuse. The Western division includes that portion of the Erie canal beginning at the county line between Wayne and Seneca counties and extending westerly to Lake Erie, in charge of Mr. Charles J. McDonough, Resident Engineer, with an office in the Chamber of Commerce Building, Buffalo. The accounting and financial disbursements for the four divisions are handled in detail direct from the Terminal Engineer’s office at Albany.

On account of the great interest manifested by the people of the various localities wherein it was proposed to locate terminals, it was decided by the State Engineer to have public hearings and meetings, so that the Department might learn at first hand the desires of the people who were interested in the development of the water-borne commerce of the State, as expected to be carried by the Barge canal. The 'State Engineer devoted a large amount of time and attention to personally attending the meetings throughout the state and learning for himself the desires of the people in respect to the location of terminals. The advice and suggestions thus obtained at the several localities were adopted, provided the same could be done in conformity with the law and without involving unreasonable expense or engineering features. After the approval by the Canal Board of the general location of each terminal site, detail surveys, plans and specifications were begun. Up to the end of the fiscal year the Canal Board has approved locations for terminals at the following places : Ithaca, Albany, Little Falls, Utica, Gowanus bay (South Brooklyn), Schuylerville, Schenectady, Rome, Lockport, Me-chanieville, Fonda, Fort Edward, Greenpoint (Forth Brooklyn), Amsterdam, Erie basin (Buffalo), Herkimer, Uion, Troy, Con-stantia, Syracuse, Cleveland, Watkins, Port of Call (Few York city) and Dresden.

And contracts liave been let for the construction of terminals at the following places: Ithaca, Albany, Little Falls, Mechanic-ville, Eort Edward, Schenectady and Herkimer. Plans have been completed for terminals, as follows : Gowanus bay (South Brooklyn), Whitehall, Fonda, Ilion, Amsterdam, Rome, Lockport and Utica; and partially completed for Troy and Syracuse.

Ho construction work has yet been done, but in all probability a start will be made this fall at the following places: Albany, Little Falls, Herkimer and Whitehall. A tabular statement, showing contracts awarded, follows:

Name of contractor.

Amount of contract.

Terminal

contract

No.

Location.

7-A

Ithaca.......

Albany.......

Little Falls. . . Mechanicville Ft. Edward... Ft. Edward.. Schenectady. Herkimer....

New York Dredging Corporation......

Raymond Concrete Pile Co...........

Aetna Engineering & Contracting Co. .

E. Brown Baker.....................

Aldrich & Hall, Inc..................

New York State Dredging Corporation

American Pipe & Construction Co.....

Aetna Engineering & Contracting Co. .

$46,464 00 141,362 00 56,361 75 55,634 00 39,309 00 109,332 00 166,971 00 73,882 00

$691,315 75

Plans and specifications have been completed for work, as follows:

10

12

15

16

17

18

Terminal contract No.

Location.

Engineer’s

estimate.

I Gowanus bay (New York city)

Whitehall..................

i Fonda......................

! Ilion........................

I Amsterdam.................

Utica......................

Rome.......................

Lockport....................

Gowanus bay (New York city).

$128,633

36,714

58,214

57,944

64,765

608,071

91,247

55,605

152,684

$1,253,911

In the preparation of terminal contracts the general plan followed has been to include in the first contracts at all locations only the necessary work of dredging harbors, constructing dock-walls and grading approaches and terminal sites. After the completion of this portion of the work, subsequent contracts will be made for the erection of buildings and the installation of necessary handling machinery, etc. It is planned to give the matter of size and style of warehouses, handling machinery, etc., sufficient study, so that by the time it becomes necessary to provide for their construction a uniformity of design may be adopted for all buildings and equipment that will be most suitable for the class of freight to be handled at the various terminals. Such uniformity in buildings and equipment will minimize the cost of maintenance, as well as the initial cost of construction.

The detailed report of work performed on the four divisions follows:

Southern Division.

Work on this division has included preliminary surveys, borings, etc., covering sites for terminals at Gowanus bay, Newtown creek, and Port of Call (North river), together with preliminary investigations, covering several of the other proposed terminal sites. Contract plans have been completed for part of the proposed terminal at Gowanus bay and those for the improvement at Greenpoint are well under way.

Eastern Divsion.

Preliminary surveys, borings and maps have been made for terminals at the following places: Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Mechanicville, Ft. Edward, Schuylerville, Whitehall, Port Henry, Plattsburg, Rouses Point, Amsterdam, Fonda, Fort Plain, Little Falls, Herkimer, Ilion and Frankfort. Contract plans have been completed and the work placed under contract at the following places: Albany, Little Falls, Mechanicville, Ft. Edward, Schenectady and Herkimer. There are under advertisement at the present time terminals at Whitehall, Fonda, Ilion and Amsterdam. Plans in the course of preparation include terminals at Troy and Fort Plain, together with preliminary studies of work at Port Henry, Plattsburg and Rouses Point. Surveys and maps of land to be appropriated for terminal work have been made at Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Mechanicville, Fort Edward, Little Falls and Herkimer.

Middle Division.

On this division preliminary surveys, borings and maps have been made covering the terminal sites at Utica, Syracuse, Ithaca, Oswego, Cleveland and Constantia. Contract plans have been completed for terminals at Rome and Ithaca, and partially completed for the work at Utica, Syracuse and Oswego. The Ithaca terminal has been placed under contract, but no construction work started.

Western Division.

The work performed on this division has consisted of preliminary surveys and preparation of plans and estimates for terminals at Lockport, and Erie and Ohio basins at Buffalo. The Lockport plans have been completed and advertisement of same is under way. Surveys and maps have been made of land to be appropriated for terminal purposes at Lockport and Erie basin (Buffalo).

There is appended hereto a table showing the engineering expenses for the fiscal year ended September 30.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN A. O’COEROR,

Terminal Engineer.

The Following Statements Show the Names, Rank and Compensation of Engineers Employed on the Construction of Barge Canal Terminals in the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor, Together with Incidental Expenses, for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1912.

Construction of Barge Canal Terminals — Head Office Account.

Chapter 746, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

J. A. 0 Connor........Terminal engineer....

H. 0. Schermerhorn.... Resident engineer. . . .

John R. Baxter........Supervising engineer..

Fred C. Stahl.........Bookkeeper..........

William S. Ward......Correspondence    clerk. .

John A. Murray.......Stenographer........

M. J. Sullivan.........Stenographer.........

F.    B. Holmes.........Engineering draftsman

A. C. Richards........Assistant engineer

W. A. Treadwell.......Assistant engineer

G.    G. Underhill........Assistant engineer

L. Greenalch..........Rodman.............

L. Y. Meneely........Rodman.............

H.    J. Richardson......Rodman.............

H. F. Eagan..........Chainman...........

W. H. Culnan.........Laborer.............

E. H. Fitzpatrick......Laborer.............

Joseph W. Habbinger. . Laborer

Daniel Hartnett.......Laborer..

Hugh McCann........Laborer..

John A. McCurdy.....Laborer..

H. F. McGowen.......Laborer..

Leonard Paige.........Laborer..

Harvey W. Nutter.....Chauffeur

$6,000 per year 250 per month 250 per month 100 per month 100 per month 83 33 per month 83 33 per month

5    00 per day

6    00 per day

6    00 per day

7    00 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day 4 00 per day 3 00 per day , 2 00 per day' 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day, 2 00 per day 2 00 per dayi 2 00 per day

100 per month!

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20

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24 85 19 10

1 65

21 96

17 60 86 15

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Incidental Expenses.

9,548 34

Instruments, tools and appliances

Office rent.....................

Fuel and light.................

Stationery and printing.........

Postage.......................

Telephone and telegraph........

Express and freight.............

Miscellaneous..................

$13,242 96 $1,061 13 $14,304 09

$148 66 746 72 16 30 2,561 70 71 48 161 52 42 19 5,799 77

Total

$23,852 43

Construction of Barge Canal Terminals — Eastern Division

Account.

Chapter 746, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

H. O. Schermerhorn....

W. H. Dernell.........

J. E. Hall.............

F. B. Holmes..........

Resident engineer Engineering draftsman. Engineering draftsman. Engineering draftsman.

$250 per month 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day

$595 00 180 00 780 00

$5 50 11 07

7 68

$5 50 606 07 180 00 787 68

Barge Canal Terminals: Engineering Expenses. 283

Construction of Barge Canal Terminals — Eastern Division Account — (Concluded).

Chapter 746, Laws of 1911

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

A. J. Griffin...........Tracer............

J. B. Maguire.........Assistant engineer. .

A. C. Richards........Assistant engineer. .

E.    W. Sylvester........Assistant engineer..

W. A. Treadwell.......Assistant engineer..

F.    J. Doerhoefer.......Leveler............

H. J. Stabile..........Leveler............

L. Greenalch..........Rodman...........

Nathan Levy.........Rodman...........

L. Y. McNeeley.......Rodman...........

H. J. Richardson......Rodman...........

H. F. Eagan..........Chainman.........

J. H. McEntee........Chainman.........

J. J. Taney...........Chainman.........

G.    D. Wetsel..........Chainman.........

Luke A. Halpin........Boatman..........

Edward Harrigan...... Boatman..........

Francis I. Kelly.......Boatman..........

Thomas A. Kelly......Boatman..........

J. P. King............Boatman..........

Leonard Paige.........Boatman..........

E. J. Palmer..........Boatman..........

Ambrose Adair........Laborer...........

Tim Connors..........Laborer...........

Wm. H. Culnan.......Laborer...........

John Dempsey........Laborer...........

J. J. Duffy............Laborer...........

Harold Elmendorf.....Laborer...........

Hugh Elmendorf......Laborer...........

E. fl. Fitzpatrick......Laborer...........

A. H. Gleason......... Laborer...........

Joseph W. Habbinger... Laborer...........

Wm. A. Hickey........Laborer...........

James Hopkins........Laborer...........

William Hoy..........Laborer...........

Ralph J. Kelly........Laborer...........

H.    W. Koreman.......Laborer...........

Aaron Mathias........Laborer...........

John A. McCurdy.....Laborer...........

Wm. McDermott......Laborer...........

Philip Montana.......Laborer...........

John J. Nurney.......Laborer...........

H. C. Parke...........Laborer...........

Homer Rexford........Laborer..........

Jame3 F. Smith.......Laborer...........

Howard Stott.........Laborer...........

Wm. J. Sullivan.......Laborer...........

Gilbert Ventor........Laborer...........

John G. Walsh........Laborer...........

S. B. Warner..........Laborer...........

H. Kramer............Foreman of borings

Joseph W. Habbinger... Jahitor.

$60 per month 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 3 50 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day

4    00 per day 3 00 per day 2 50 per day

2    50 per day

3    00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 _00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day J 00 per day

5    00 per day

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$1,345 29 12 70

$92 90 2 593 29

70

4 20

145 39 1,048 76

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76

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44 50

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4 37

5 83

21 50

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Stationery and printing.........

Postage.......................

Freight and express.............

Miscellaneous..................

Incidental Expenses.

$16,224 90 $2,659 44 $18,884 34

.......... $215    45

.......... 329    92

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88 55 834 63

1,468 95

Total

$20,353 29

Report of State Engineer.

284

Construction of Barge Canal Terminals — Southern Division

Account.

Chapter 746, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

Carleton Greene..

Carleton Greene..

James E. Stewart.

S. R. Bellows.....

S. E. Brettheimer.

L. T. Howard....

S. R. Bellows.....

Jacob Bendel.....

S. E. Brettheimer.

J. B. Doughty....

J. P. Byrne......

F. Leiser, Jr......

S. B. Sheridan....

Edward Bauch...

Robert Brenner. .

John J. Casey....

Andrew Corcoran.

James Curtis.....

Luke A. Halpin...

William L. Kelly.

Charles Krantz...

John J. McMahon

Peter Shine......

Tim Connors.....

Andrew Corcoran.

William L. Kelly.

Daniel Leddy....

George L. McCarthy... Laborer John J. McMahon Patrick Shannon..

Division engineer. Resident engineer

Clerk...........

Assistant engineer Assistant engineer Assistant engineer

Leveler..........

Leveler..........

Leveler..........

Leveler..........

Rodman.........

Rodman.........

Rodman.........

Boatman........

Boatman........

Boatman........

Boatman........

Boatman........

Boatman........

Boatman........

Boatman........

Boatman........

Boatman........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

Laborer.........

Laborer

Laborer

$333 33 per month 250 per month 100 per month 6 00 per day

5    00 per day

6    00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day 5 00 per day

3    50 per day

4    00 per day 4 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day

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119 43

159 75

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Instruments, tools and appliances

Office rent.....................

Stationery and printing.........

Postage.......................

Telephone and telegraph........

Express and freight.............

Miscellaneous..................

4,441 29

Total

$20,056 92

Construction of Barge Canal Terminals — Middle Division

Account.

Chapter 746, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

Guy L. Noble..., L. D. Brownell. .

L. A. Burns.....

John R. Baxter.. Harry J. Furlong. W. H. Dernell H. W. Henderson

F. B. Holmes.....

A. G. Card.......

Division engineer.....

Resident engineer Resident engineer Supervising engineer..

Stenographer........

Engineering draftsman Engineering draftsman. Engineering draftsman Assistant engineer.....

$333 33 per month 250 per month 250 per month 250 per month 75 per month 5 00 per day

4    00 per day

5    00 per day

6    00 per day

$2,609 17 2,137 09 1,316 66 2,000 00 397 50 390 00 84 00 265 00 883 00,

$52 93 49 12 146 75 28 83

29 31

$2,662 10 2,186 21 1,463 41 2,028 83 397 50 390 00 84 00 265 00 912 31

Barge Canal Terminals: Engineering Expenses. 285

Construction of Barge Canal Terminals — Middle Division Account— (Concluded).

Chapter 746, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

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8864 00 1,341 15 324 00 1,017 68 785 00 680 00 609 00 90 86 81 00 327 00 327 00 273 00 471 00 342 00 154 00 78 00 148 00 78 00 24 00 310 00 150 00 78 00 97 00 154 00 606 67 676 23

Instruments, tools and appliances

Office rent.....................

Fuel and light.................

Stationery and printing.........

Postage.......................

Telephone and telegraph........

Express and freight.............

Miscellaneous..................

Incidental Expenses.

$19,725 09    $750 86 $20,475 95

$318 34 925 86

3 60

98    57 15 25

165 34

99    17 1,207 80

2,833 93

Total

$23,309 88

Construction of Barge Canal Terminals — Western Division

Account.

Chapter 746, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services.

Travel.

Total.

C. J. McDonough. E. McDonough...,

H.    R. Norvell_____

A. O. Peabody....,

I.    L. Stalker......

Elias H. Anderson,

J.    S. Clancy......

Elwin G. Speyer.. C. J.Bean........

Joseph Boscaglia.. Thomas F. Burns.

Resident engineer......

Temporary stenographer

Bookkeeper............

Engineering draftsman..

Tracer................

Assistant engineer......

Assistant engineer......

Assistant engineer......

Leveler................

Boatman..............

Boatman..............

$250 per month 50 per month 100 per month

4    00 per day 75 per month 6 00 per day 6 00 per day 6 00 per day

5    00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day

$2,125 00 50 00 100 00 792 00 525 00 1,248 00 330 00 1,050 00 1,040 00 75 00 195 00

$28 93 $2,153 93 50 00 100 00 792 00 525 00 1,317 10 338 73 1,050 00 1,040 00 75 00 195 00

69 10

8 73

Construction of Barge Canal Terminals — Western Division Account— (Concluded).

Chapter 746, Laws of 1911.

NAME.

Rank.

Rate of compensation.

Services. Travel.

Total.

D. J. Cunningham Stephen McQuade Martin J. Piersall. T. J. Reardon.... James T. Regan.. Charles F. Tatu.. F. W. Theobald. . . Charles Wilson... Joseph Boscaglia. . Thomas F. Burns. Ernest J. Culman.

J. G. Farrell......

George Goetz.....

Harry Loop......

T. J. Smith......

Boatman. Boatman. Boatman. Boatman. Boatman. Boatman. Boatman. Boatman. Laborer.. Laborer.. Laborer. . Laborer.. Laborer.. Laborer.. Axeman..

$3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 3 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 00 per day 2 50 per day

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Instruments, tools and appliances

Office rent.....................

Stationery and printing.........

Postage.......................

Telephone and telegraph........

Express and freight.............

Miscellaneous..................

$12,235 50    $106 76 112,342 26

$177 64 932 91

11    05

12    58 59 51 36 59

580 28

1,810 56

Total

$14,152 82

Barge Canal Terminals: Engineering Expenses. 287

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Construction of Barge Canal Terminals.

Chapter 746, Laws of 1911.

Telephone

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telegraph.

Postage.

Stationery

and

printing.

Fuel and light.

Office

rent.

Instruments, tools and appliances.

Travel.

Services.

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Report of Tests

Report of the Land Bureau

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Vol. I —10

REPORT OF TESTS.

Testing Laboratory — State Hall.

Albany, 1ST. Y., October 1, 1912.

Hon. John A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor:

Sir.— I have the honor to submit the following report of the work of the testing laboratory of your Department for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.

The work of the year has been more than simply routine, and, besides the regular testing of cements, tests are now being made of sand, gravel and concrete, as well as cements; field inspection of concrete materials is also being made. Many special tests of considerable variety have made the work of particular interest and value. The inspection of cement at the mills has greatly increased the work of the bureau.

Cement Tests.

The routine work of testing cement has been large during the past year, because of the great amount of work being done upon the Barge canal and upon the public highways. The method of cooperation in making tests, as tried last year with the Highway Commission, resulted in the Commission again placing the necessary number of men in this laboratory to make the tests on cement proposed for use on highways. The supervision of their work was left with the undersigned. The work done also includes, as for several years past, a large number of tests made for work under the direction of the State Architect. Although the laboratory has been enlarged several times, the work at times required the full capacity of the laboratory, especially when field work was in full swing during the summer months. The reports of tests made do not include those made by the representatives of the Department of Highways.

Report of State Engineer.

292

During the past year there have been submitted to this laboratory for tests 405 lots of cement samples, consisting of a total of 7,753 samples. These samples represented 507,420 barrels of cement, of which 97.2 per cent were for the Barge canal and 2.8 per cent were for the State Architect.

The inspection of cement at the mill permits the taking of a smaller proportion of samples to the number of barrels represented. The larger part of the work is through mill inspection, for, of the total number of barrels of cement tested, only 1,570 barrels were tested for the Barge canal after delivery upon the work.

Each sample submitted, mixed in the proportion of one part cement to three parts standard quartz sand, was tested for tensile strength at the ends of 7 and 28 days. In addition to the tests for tensile strength, each lot of samples was given tests for fineness and grinding, for initial and hard sets, for specific gravity and for soundness by means of the steam tests, the normal-water test and the normal-air test. Frequently the cements are completely analyzed and are especially checked for sulphuric anhydride (S 0₃) and magnesia (Mg O).

The method of testing is practically that recommended by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The method of analysis used is that recommended by the committee of the Yew York Section — Society for Chemical Industry.

At the end of the 7-day tests, all results obtained on tests of samples of cement proposed for use on Barge canal work are reported to Mr. Alexander E. Kastl, 'Special Deputy State Engineer, and, if thought best, are held for the 28-day tests, the lots being accepted or rejected according as the results show that the cement passes or fails in the tests. The reports of all tests of cement for all other work (except Barge canal and highway work) are submitted to the Deputy .State Engineer, Arnold G. Chapman. All reports of tests for the Highway Commission are made to the Engineer in charge of the Bureau of Research.

Our method of testing each sample separately for tensile strength has proven very satisfactory; in fact, by means of it, much poor cement has been discovered which would have stood the tests, had all of the samples of the lot been blended. This method, however, makes necessary a larger equipment and a more complete system of operation than is necessary under the general method of testing a blended sample. The effort has been made to maintain as complete a laboratory with as little expense as possible; and it has been acknowledged that the laboratory and its results are so complete as to be placed by experts as being among the best in the country.

The specifications for cement follow closely those recommended by the American Society for Testing Materials — varying from them only in some minor details.

Of the cement tested and proposed for use, all was Portland cement. The brands represented are about the same as heretofore and consist of 22 American Portland cements. Of the brands, 6 were manufactured in Xew York, 13 in Pennsylvania, and 3 in Hew Jersey. Sixty-one per cent of all cement tested was made in Hew York state.

During the year 102 series of other cement tests were made. For these about 2,000 briquettes wTere made. In September an auto-clave was added to the equipment of the laboratory and series of tests were started to ascertain the value of the test now known as the “Auto-clave test.”

Mill Inspection.

In addition to the regular method of sampling, as already described in this report, it has been found advisable to sample cement proposed for use on the Barge canal, at the various mills. When there is enough cement to warrant doing so, an inspector is sent to a cement mill to sample cement and inspect shipments. The plan of cooperation with the Highway Department enables the use of inspectors of either department and inspection is thus possible for both departments at less cost to each. The method of carrying on this work is as follows: The inspector takes samples from the various parts of the bin; each sample is shipped to the Testing Laboratory at Albany by the same method as described and also is tested in the same way. The endeavor is to ■obtain from the sampling and the testing of these samples the run of the product.” As soon as the samples are taken the inspector places the bin of cement under the seal of this Department and the bin is so sealed that no cement can be added to or taken from it without the breaking of the seal. When the results of the tests have been secured, the reports are made in the usual way, and then, if the cement is accepted, the bin of cement is assigned to the contract which may have placed an order for the cement. When the contractor needs cement, the inspector at the mill breaks the seal on the bin, inspects the loading of the car or cars, seals these with the Department seal and then reseals the bin of cement. A notice of shipment is forwarded to the laboratory and the resident engineer in charge of the contract to which the cement has been assigned. When the car or cars arrive on the work, the seal of the Department must be broken by the resident engineer or his representative, ’otherwise the lot of cement must be sampled and tested in the usual way.

The work of inspection at the mill has added very considerably to the work of the Testing Laboratory. All but 2.6 per cent of the cement tested was sampled at the mill. An average of five inspectors is continually engaged in taking these samples and inspecting shipments.

Sand Tests.

The importance of thorough examination and tests of the sands proposed for use on the Barge canal has been practically demonstrated. Fifty-one samples of sand and gravel have been tested along the lines of tests established during the previous year. These tests are as follows: The sands are examined under the microscope for those elements that give the sand its characteristics. The other tests are for voids, loams, fineness, or grading, and tensile strength with cement. The latter are made from the sand in its natural condition and also washed; and the cement is a “ stand’ ard ” cement, made by mixing together in the laboratory several brands of cement which run nearly alike in the regular tests. All tests for tensile strength cover at least 28 days, but many longtime tests are being carried. Considerable attention has been given to the methods used in making the tests and it is believed that they are the most accurate that can be employed.

The “ testing of sand ” also includes the testing and examination of substitutes for sand, such as screenings and iron ore tailings.

Concrete Tests.

In July, 1912, a hydraulic compression machine with a capacity of 200,000 pounds was placed in the laboratory. Six-inch cubes or cylinders of eight inches diameter and sixteen inches long can be tested in this machine. The Division Engineers were notified by Mr. Alexander E. Kastl, Special Deputy State Engineer, that engineers in charge of work could take advantage of this machine and from time to time makes cubes of the concrete as it was being placed in the work. The plan is to mould the test piece from concrete mixed by the contractor for actual use in ,the work, keep it covered with a moist canvas for seven days, then allow it to be exposed under regular atmospheric conditions until the block is twenty-one days old, when it is crated and sent to the laboratory for tests. The tests are made on the blocks when twenty-eight days old. The blocks are made in duplicate at least. Several engineers took speedy advantage of this opportunity and, during the month of September, 21 series of tests and a total of 55 concrete cubes were tested.

Other Tests.

Besides those already reported, there have been made a large variety of other tests and analyses. Among the materials thus examined were lime, stone, loam, wooden paving blocks, water-proofings, wood preservatives and paints. A series of oil-mortar tests were completed.

In addition to directing the work of the laboratory and mill inspection, the undersigned has made field inspection of the con-

Crete and concrete materials being used on all the Barge Canal contracts where concrete was being placed. Several contracts were visited several times. Particular attention was given to the source of supply of the gravels, sands and stones being used in the concrete. A more definite knowledge is thus gained than is often possible through a laboratory sample, but with both tests and field inspections absolute knowledge is gained. Inspection of its actual use is also a help in considering the points of merit or demerit in the material.

Respectfully submitted,

RUSSELL S. GREEMAU,

Resident Engineer in charge of Tests.

Report of the Land Bureau of the State Engineer’s

Department.

Albany, 1ST. Y., October 1, 1912. Hon. John A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor:

Sir.— I have the honor to present herewith a report on the various matters pertaining to the Land Bureau of your Department for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1912.

The Commissioners of the Land Office have applications for grants of land under water which are referred to this Department for examination and report; as are also a large number of miscellaneous matters relating to State lands. These matters require careful inspection and naturally consume a great deal of time.

The maps are examined to determine their correctness and proper form, both from an engineering standpoint and to insure their conformity to the rules and regulations of the Land Office. In some cases it is also necessary to visit and inspect the locations of the proposed grants to decide as to the advisability of making the grants on the lines of the application, or, if necessary, to have them modified. It is also at times deemed advisable to deny some of these applications on account of interference with navigation or with the rights of the public. Some applications were contested or had remonstrances filed against them, and hearings have been necessary to determine the rights of the several interested parties and report the outcome to the Commissioners of the Land Office.

There have been made in this Department, for the use of the State Engineer and Surveyor and the Commissioners of the Land Office, maps showing all the lands under water granted by the Commissioners of the Land Office and the Legislature. These maps are brought up to date and are of great value for reference in adjusting land grants.

Twenty-four applications for grants of land under water were considered by this Department during the year. Two were for railroad purposes and the remainder for restricted beneficial enjoy-

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ment. The lands were in the following counties: Erie, Kings, Nassau, Niagara, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Suffolk and Westchester.

The State Engineer and Surveyor has sold at public auction all of those unappropriated lands of the State which have been ordered to he sold by the Commissioners of the Land Office. The records of the office show that there were held during the year fourteen public auctions, at which seventeen parcels of land were sold. The sum of $5,617.50 was realized therefrom. Of these lands eleven parcels were acquired through the Comptroller’s tax sales, four from foreclosure of loan mortgages and two from resale of bonded lands. The lands are located in the following counties: Clinton, Erie, Kings, Madison, New York, Oswego, Richmond, Schuyler, St. Lawrence and bolster.

There has been the usual amount of correspondence and answering of inquiries from surveyors, lawyers and others on matters pertaining to the original maps and descriptions of the Colonial and early State surveys filed in this office. The answering of such inquiries often requires much study and time, as there are frequently more than one survey of the same land made at different times by various surveyors, and none should be overlooked. These maps become more valuable as time passes; and as a large part of them are very old and describe lines of tracts of lands which have become, in many instances, the boundaries of towns and counties, the value of these records becomes still greater.

For better preserving these records they have been rearranged, placed in bound volumes and indexed for convenience of reference. That it is the proper method for the care of these valuable papers and that it affords greater facility of finding particular papers with the certainty that none have been overlooked, has already been fully demonstrated.

Respectfully,

MERRITT PECKHAM, Jr.,

Land Cleric.

Report on the Examination

OF THE

New York and New Jersey Boundary Line

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REPORT.

State of New York,

Department of State Engineer and Surveyor, Eastern Division.

Albany, December 9, 1912.

Hon. J. A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor, Albany, N. Y.:

Dear Sir.— I hand you herewith a joint report submitted by

O. F. Lewis, representing the State of Hew York, and Charles; Hopper, representing the State of Hew Jersey, on the inspection made of the Hew York and Hew Jersey boundary line, together with a table which has been prepared in this office, showing the locations, etc., of the various monuments.

Very truly yours,

D. B. La Du,

Division Engineer.

and on the north side of the groove the words “ Hew York ” and on the south side thereof the words “ Hew Jersey.”

The monument at the western terminus of the line is of cut granite, two feet four inches long, one foot four inches wide, and projects now only one foot five inches above the surface of the rock in which i't is embedded. It is marked upon its top surface with one-quarter-inch grooves, showing the direction of the lines of the three States which meet there, and within the surface hounded by the lines the initials of the respective States are cut. The north side of the stone is further marked with the words “ Tri States Monument.” Each of these Terminal monuments has a witness, or reference monument located in the most suitable place nearest to it.

The monuments were generally found to be in good condition. Some of them were more or less chipped at the corners and edges, but not to such an extent as to affect their usefulness as monuments or to warrant replacing them with new ones. Others were found to lean slightly from their true vertical position, but not to such an extent as to require resetting.

The following monuments should receive prompt attention. The Permanent monument and the Morgan Range beacon of the Raritan bay boundary should be repainted with at least two coats of suitable paint. Range monument number 53 of the Arthur Kill and Kill von Kull boundary should be reset and its present position relative to its original position fully and accurately noted. Range monuments numbers 4, 6, 13, 24, 37, 48, 49, 56 and 56-A of this boundary should be found or relocated and, when necessary, reset. Monuments numbers 17, 24, 64, 70, 78, 83, 95, 101 and 107 of the boundary extending from the Hudson river to the Delaware river should be reset; and monuments numbers 44 and 84 should be found or relocated and, if necessary, reset.

We have made an approximate estimate of the cost of the above work, which in the aggregate amounts to $3,500.

During the progress of this examination we obtained much valuable information concerning the location of the different monuments from the people living near the line, and believing that one of the important guards for the protection and maintenance of these monuments is the knowledge as to their location, etc., pos-

sessed by those living near them, where the occasion required it, we made it a point to impart such information.

We found many discrepancies in the detailed descriptions of the monuments made in previous reports. These discrepancies were due to the changes in the ownership of land and the disappearance of trees and other reference or witness objects. In all these cases the changes are fully noted in the accompanying detailed description of the monuments, which is intended to form a part of this report.

Very respectfully,

0. F. LEWIS, Civil Engineer,

Representing the State of New York.

CHARLES HOPPER, Civil Engineer, Representing the State of New Jersey.

September 3, 1912.

The field book, containing a complete description of each monument and its location, is on file in the office of the State Engineer and Surveyor.

Remarks.

Monuments Marking tiie New York-New Jersey Boundary Line.

Needs repainting.

Needs repainting.

Cared for by U. S. government.

Cross needs to be recut.

Missing; should be reset. Missing; should be reset.

Missing; should be reset.

•r

Missing; should be reset.

Missing; should be reset.

Condition.

Kind.

Location.

MONUMENT.

Good. Fair. .

Fair. Good

Fair. . Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Across Lands Under Water in Raritan Bay.

Lighthouse..................

Steel tower embedded in riprap.

Steel tower Lighthouse

Romer lighthouse or beacon Just off Sandy Hook.....................

Permanent............... In Raritan bay..........................

Morgan Range beacon..... On the highland one mile south of South

Amboy, N. J., on lands of Otis Sand Lime

Brick Co.............................

On Raritan bay.........................

Great Beds lighthouse

Across Lands Under Water in Arthur Kill and Kill von Kull. Perth Amboy, N. J., rear of old blacksmith shop. On Front street, on lands of

I. B. Isenberg.........................

Tottenville, S. I., on lands of Jere Johnson. .

Tottenville, S. I., on lands of Frederick Baxter.........

Tottenville, S. I., on lands of Frederick I

Baxter............................... .......

Tottenville, S. I., on lands of Adeline Dorceyl Granite Tottenville, S. I., on lands of Harry Cossey..

Tottenville, S. I., on lands of Mrs. Wilmer

Shay.................................

Tottenville, S. I., on lands of Atlantic

Terra Cotta Co........................

£ mile north of Kreischerville, S. I., opposite

Sewaren hotel.........................

Sewaren, N. J., on lands of C. A. Cuppia.. .

Sewaren, N. J., on lands of P. A. Sollace. . .

On southeast side of Cliff road, j mile north

of Sewaren...........................

Port Reading, N. J., on lands of Port Reading R. R. Co..........................

i mile west of Borough of Roosevelt, N. J.,

on lands of Port Reading R. R. Co......

i mile northwest from Rossville, S. I., on

lands of Oakland Chemical Co..........

i mile northwest from Rossville, S. I., on

lands of Oakland Chemical Co. . ........

Rossville, S. I., on lands of Mrs. Hattie Lyon Rossville, S. I., on lands of Miss Mary Cole.

Rossville, S. I., on lands of Mrs. Harriett Clark.............................

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite......................

Granite......................

6" x 6" granite, with copper plug

Granite......................

Granite......................

Granite......................

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No. 5 No. 6 No. 7

No. 8

No. 9

No. 10 No. 11 No. 12

No. 13

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Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Fair.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Fair.

Fair.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

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Towns

Township

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No. 42

No. 43

No. 44

No. 45

Monuments Marking the Mew York-New Jersey Boundary Line—(Continued).

Remarks.

Condition.

Kind.

Location.

MONUMENT.

Missing; should be reset. Missing; should be reset.

Has been moved; should be reset and location in reference to original position noted.

Missing; should be reset.

Leans badly; should be reset.

Across Lands Under Water in Arthur Kill and Kill von Kull—(Concluded). Port Richmond, S. I., on lands of John J. and Mary A. Worth, No. 2233 Richmond

terrace...............................

Port Richmond, S. L, on lands of Standard

Oil Co., No. 2201 Richmond terrace.....

Bergen Point, Bayonne, N. J., on lands of The Safety Insulated Wire & Cable Co. . I Bergen Point, Bayonne, N. J., on lands of The Safety Insulated Wire & Cable Co. .

Bergen Point, Bayonne, N. J., on lands of

Rufus Story..........................

West New Brighton, S. I., on lands of C. W.

Hunt, No. 1589 Richmond terrace.......

Bergen Point, Bayonne, N. J., on lands of

Gulf Refining Co......................

Livingston, S. I., on lands of Staten Island Rapid Transit Ry. Co..................

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Fair.

Fair

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Fair.

Fair.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Brass bolt in cement walk

New Brighton, S. I., on lands of Sailor’s Snug

Harbor...............................

New Brighton, S. I., in roadway of Richmond terrace, 165 ft. east of Westervelt

avenue...............................

St. George, S. I., on lands of B. & O. R. R.

Co. at west end of yard................

St. George, S. I., opposite junction of Stuyvesant place and Jay street.........

On Lands From Hudson River to Delaware River.

Block of trap-rock Granite.........

Granite

Original, brownstone; new, granite....

Granite

Granite............................

Original, brownstone; new, granite. ...

Granite............................

Granite............................

Granite.............................

Granite............................

Granite............................

Original, brownstone; new, granite.... Granite............................

Granite...................... • •

Original, brownstone; new, granite

Granite

Original, brownstone; new, granite.

Granite........................

Original, brownstone; new, granite Granite........................

Original, brownstone; new, granite

Granite

Granite

Foot of Palisades, j mile south of Snedens

Landing..............................

488 ft. west of Eastern Terminal monument,

on lands of Palisade Land Co...........

West side of Boulevard leading from Alpine, N. J., to Palisade, N. Y., at east foot of hill Two stones on ridge between the Boulevard and road from Closter to Palisades, on lands of Jacob S. Morse................

West side of road leading from .Closter to Palisades, near David Munson s house. . . West Side of road leading from Closter to Spark Hill and about i mile west of monu-

TwoTtones in Tappan timber swamp on lands

of Joseph Leival. .......• • • ■ •• ■ • ■ • ■ 14 • ■

On roadbed of Northern Railroad of New

Jersey near bridge over bpark hill.......

On west side of road leading from Norwood to Tappan, on lands of William Rogers.. . On east side of road leading from Schraden-burgh to Tappan, near Dutch Methodist

Between tracks of West Jihore R., E»> just west of Andre avenue, lappan, N. Y ....

East side of Andre avenue, Tappan N. Y., in front of land of James Bart Two stones on east slope of Andre hill, on lands of Mrs. Ellen Watson. . ........ • ■

On top of Andre hill, on lands of Mrs. Ellen

On'north¹ side of road leading from Tappan to Rivervale, near entrance to Joseph

Mack’s barn-yard. ..... ...............

Two stones on lands of Chas. Smith......•

On cast side of road leading from Rivervale to Orangeburgh, west of old stone house owned by Samuel Harring . . . . . ..... ■ •

Two stones in woods about 400 ft. north of junction of old wood road and road loading across meadow from house formerly occupied by James Cassidy. ... ..... ....... •

On west side of road leading to Bluehill,

about 200 ft. south of bridge ..........

Two stones on east slope of hill in wood lot

owned by Mr Priest..........

On west side of road near house of W. Comes Two stones near summit of first ridge west of wood in old orchard, on lands of C. W.

Oi) west'sidc of track of New jersey and New York railroad and about i mile along track from southeast corner of the Pearl River

Orf'west side of road leading from Mount Vale to Pearl River, at foot of hill, about 385 ft. west of monument No. 21........

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No. 48

No. 49

No. 50

No. 51

No. 52

No. 53

No. 54

No. 55

No. 56

No. 56-A

Eastern Terminal Eastern Witness. .

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

No. 9

No. 10

No. 11

No. 12

No. 13

No. 14 No. 15

No. 10

No. 17

No. 18

No. 19 No. 20

No. 21

No. 22

Monuments Marking the Yew York-Yew Jersey Boundary Line — {Continued).

Remarks.

Condition.

Kind.

Location.

MONUMENT.

Good.

Leans badly; should be reset.

Missing; should be reset.

Fair

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

On Lands from Hudson River to Delaware River — (Continued.). Two stones in open field, on lands of Mrs.

Laura B. Hollis.......................

East side of road, about 400 ft. west of

monument No. 23.....................

North side of road leading from Pearl River to Saddle River, about i mile west of

monument No. 23.....................

At junction of roads leading from Nannette to Saddle River and cross road to Pearl

River................................

On west side of road leading from Hackensack to Spring Valley and about 110 ft.

east of monument No. 28...............

Two stones in open field belonging to Mr.

Post.................................

On west side of road near J. H. Halley’s house Two stones in open field belonging to J. H.

Halley...............................

On east side of road leading from Saddle River, near Michael Connolley’s barn....

Two stones in open lot belonging to M. T.

Connolley............................

North side of road, near Morris Soiperstein’s

house................................

East side of road at foot of hili adjoining

lands of Margaret DeBarry.............

On west side of River Valley road, about j

mile west of monument No. 32..........

Two stones in wood lot of Cornelius Snyder On east side of road leading from Saddle River to Tallmans on top of hill, near

house of James Fox....................

Two stones on west slope of hill in open field

of L. H. Doremus.....................

On east side of road, near house of L. II.

Doremus.............................

On west side of road at foot of hill, near Dr.

Hill’s house............................

Two stones near edge of woods and $ mile west of W. H. Way’s house...........

Original, brownstone; new, granite Granite..............

Granite

Granite

Granite............................

Original, brownstone; new, granite Granite............................

Original, brownstone; new, granite . .. .

Granite............................

Original, brownstone; new, granite.....

Granite............................

Granite............................

Granite............................

Original, brownstone; new, granite. . ..

Granite........................

Original, brownstone; new, granite

Granite........................

Granite........................

Original, brownstone; new, granite

Good.

Granite

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Fair.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Granite

Granite

Original, brownstone; new, granite.

Granite........................

Granite........................

Original, brownstone; new, granite, Original, brownstone; new, granite Granite........................

Original, trap-rock; new, granite.

Granite.......................

Granite....................

Original, sandstone; new, granite

Granite......................

Original, granite; new, granite..

Granite......................

Original, granite; new, granite... Granite......................

Original, irregular slab; new, granite. .. Original, slab slate; new, granite.......

Original, sandstone; new, granite

On south side of lane leading up to Fox wood

inn..................................

On east side of Ramapo post road, about 050 ft. north of bridge over Mahwah river. . . . Between main tracks of New York, Lake Erie and Western R. R., about 125 ft.

west of monument No. 43..............

On east side of Ramapo avenue , Suffern, N. Y„ 40 ft. east of monument No. 45. ... Two stones, center of Ramapo avenue, Suffern, N. Y., about 40 ft. from monument 44-A............................

On east side of road extending along east

foot of Ramapo mountain..............

About half-way up east slope of Ramapo mountain and 10 ft. east of a wood road Two stones on east slope of ridge

leading past William DeGroot’s house.... Two stones in open field belonging to Pierson

On east side of road and about 000 ft. from fork in road leading up the hill. . ... ..... Two stones in woods near top of ridge between Negro and Shepard ponds, on lands

of Pierson estate......................

In woods about 180 ft. west of monument

No. 51.........................••••••

Near top of first hill west of Shepard pond

and on east side of old road.............

Two stones in wet meadow, in line between lands of Abram S. Hewitt and Col. Payne In valley on west side of road, about i mile

west of monument No. 54..............

Two stones on west slope of high ridge.....

On west side of mountain and east side of wood road leading from Ringwood to Sterling Furnace...........................

Two stones on southeast slope of hill, which is a projection from Break Rock mountain In valley between Black Rock and Beach

mountains, on south side of road........

Two stones in swamp at foot of Beach mountain, about 1,000 ft. north of the Wm.|

Patterson house.......................

Two stones about half-way down west slope of Beach mountain and on west of road. . Two stones on west slope of first ridge east of Greenwood lake, in northwest corner of a swamp.............................

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No. 44-A

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No. 48

No. 49

No. 50

No. 51

No. 52

No. 53

No. 54

No. 55

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No. 58

No. 59

No. 60

No. 61

No. 02

Monuments Marking tiie Xew York-Xew Jersey Boundary Thne— (Continued).

Remarks.

Condition.

Fair.

Kind.

Location.

MONUMENT.

Leans badly; should be reset .

Leans badly; should be reset.

Leans badly; should be reset.

Leans badly; should be reset. Both stones lying beside brook.

Leans badly; should be reset. Leans badly; should be reset.

Leans badly; should be reset.

Fair

Good.

Good.

Good.

Fair.

Fair.

Fair

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Fair.

Good.

Fair

Fair.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Ok Lands from Hudson River to Delaware River— {Continued). On west side of N. Y. & Greenwood Lake R. R. track, about 100 ft. from Greenwood

railroad station........................

At east foot of Rough mountain near

Hohokus club house...................

On west side of road and about 150 ft. west

of monument No. 64.. .................

On top of Rough mountain, on west edge of

bad swamp...........................

Half-way up easterly slope of steep hill in

woods................................

On west side of road, about i mile west of

monument No. 67.....................

Two stones half-way down steep hill, in open

field belonging to Edward Wright.......

On west side of road, about 300 ft. from

Joseph Ashley’s house..................

Two stones on top of mountain and 100 ft.

west of an old wood road...............

On east side of road, just east of where brook

crosses road...........................

On east side of road, about 200 ft. from house

of John W. Home.....................

In open field belonging to Frederick Carey..

On west side of road, about 1,300 ft. south of

Russell Ferguson’s house...............

On north side of road, about 250 ft. south of

L. Taylor’s house......................

Two stones in open field belonging to L.

Taylor...............................

On north side of Lehigh and Hudson River R. R. track, about 17 ft. east of cattle-pass On south side of road, about jj mile west of

monument No. 77......................

On west side of road at east foot of hill, about

600 feet west of monument No. 79.......

Two stones on east slope of ridge, near line fence on On west

monument No. 81

Granite............................

Granite............................

Granite............................

Granite............................

Original, slab; new, granite...........

Granite............................

Original, sandstone; new, granite......

Granite............................

Original, fieldstone; new, granite......

Granite............................

Granite............................

Granite............................

Granite............................

Granite............................

Original, brownstone; new, granite. . . .

Granite............................

Granite............................

Granite............................

Original, brownstone; new, granite.....

Granite............................

n property of A. Ely

side of road, about } mile west of

...... ........

Fair

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Fair.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Poor Fair.

Good.

Good.

Fair.

Good.

Fair

Good.

Fair.

Good.

; new, granite.

Original,

Granite........................

Granite........................

Original, brownstone; new, granite Granite........................

Granite

Granite......................

Granite......................

Granite......................

Original, slate slab; new, granite Granite......................

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Granite

Original, slate slab; new, granite

Granite.................

Original, slab; new, granite

Two stones in open swampy field on land of

Mr. Layton...........................

Two stones in swampy field at edge of Poehuck Meadow, on lands of A. L. and J. L. Roy. . On east side of road running along east slope of Pochuck mountain and 700 ft. west of

monument No. 84.....................

In open field on east slope of Pochuck mountain, on lands of Daniel Bailey..........

Two stones at north edge of swamp, on land

of J. P. McDonald.....................

On west side of road and about GOO ft. from

house of Levine Potter.................

Meadow land east of Walkill river, on line fence between lands of Drake & Stratton

and Levine Potter.....................

In a stone fence on lands of Standard Oil Co. and between the two westerly brick buildings................................

On west side of road at foot of steep hill, about i mile west of monument No. 90.. . On south side of road and about f mile west

monument No. 91.....................

Two stones on west slope of hill, in old apple

orchard of Peter Kimber...............

On west side of road, about 275 ft. west of

monument No. 93.....................

On west side of N. Y., Susquehanna & West-R. R. track and 1,500 ft. west of

monument No. 93.....................

On east side of road at west wall of mill pond On west side of road at foot of hill near fork

of road...............................

In open field, on lands of Mr. Arriman.....

On north side of road, about 400 ft. west of

monument No. 98.....................

On east side of road, near wagon house of

R. E. Hallock.........................

On west side of road, on line between lands

of B. J. Hait and Charles Goldsmith.....

Two stones near top of hill and just north of line fence between lands of Hait and

Goldsmith............................

On west side of road at foot of steep slope and about i mile west from monument

No. 102..............................

Two stones in line fence between lands of Lewis Clark and Chas. Hack............

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No. 63

No. 64

No. 65

No. 66

No. 67

No. 68

No. 69

No. 70

No. 71

No. 72

No. 83

No. 84

No. 85

No. 86

No. 87

No. 88

No. 89

No. 90

No. 91

No. 92

No. 93

No. 94

No. 95

No. 96... . No. 97. . . .

No. 98 No. 99

No. 100

No. 101

No. 102

No. 103

No. 104

Monuments Marking the New York-New Jersey Boundary Line— (Concluded).

Remarks.

Condition.

Fair.

Good.

Kind.

Location.

MONUMENT.

Fallen over; should be reset.

Fair

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Fair.

Fair.

Good.

Good.

Good.

Good.

On Lands from Hudson River to Delaware River — (Concluded). On west side of road, about I mile west of

monument No. 104....................

On west side of road, about 5 mile west of

monument No. 104....................

Two stones in low swampy meadow at north edge of lane running by Forgerson’s house.

On south side of road, about j mile west of

monument No. 107....................

Two stones in northeast corner of meadow

belonging to F. Bruggner...............

On east side of road, about 100 ft, north of

F. Bruggner’s house...............

Two stones in scrub oaks on east summit of

the Blue mountains....................

On west slope of Blue mountains, in thick

brush on land of James Hamilton........

On east side of road running along foot of

Hogback mountain....................

Two stones on top of Hogback mountain, in line fence between lands of Dutton and

Snyder...............................

On west side of road, about 900 ft. west of

monument No. 114....................

Just east of water edge in line fence between lands of C. W. Rutan and A. P. Snyder estate................................

Midway between Delaware and Neversink rivers, on lands of Laurel Grove Cemetery

Co...................................

At junction of Delaware and Neversink rivers................................

Granite.................

Granite.................

Original, slab; new, granite

Granite.................

Original, slab; new, granite

Granite.................

Original, slab; new, granite

Granite.................

Granite.................

Original, slab; new, granite Granite.................

Granite

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REPORT

OF THE

BLACK RIVER SURVEY

FOR THE

EXTENSION OF THE BLACK RIVER CANAL FROM CARTHAGE TO SACKETTS HARBOR, ON LAKE ONTARIO

Under Chapter 190, Laws of 1911

BLACK RIVER SURVEY.

Office of Black River Survey, 45 Savings Bank Building, Watertown, N. Y.

April 12, 1912.

Mr. Edwin Styring, Division Engineer, Syracuse, N. Y.:

Dear Sir:—Having finished the work specified in chapter 190 of the Laws of 1911, which is an act concerning the extension of the Black River canal from Carthage to Sacketts Harbor, known as the Black River Survey, I am attaching hereto my report on the same.

Yours respectfully,

LOUIS A. BURRS,

Resident Engineer.

AUTHORIZATION OF SURVEY.

Chapter 190 of the Laws of 1911 provides as follows:

An Act to provide for surveys, estimates and plans for improving certain portions of the Black River in Jefferson county, and making an appropriation therefor.

Became a law May 24, 1911, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the state engineer and surveyor, for the making of a survey and the preparation of plans and estimates for improving the Black river for navigation between the state dam at Carthage, Jefferson county, and Sacketts Harbor, on Lake Ontario; the moneys hereby appropriated to he paid out by the state treasurer, upon the warrant of the comptroller, to the order of the state engineer and surveyor.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

The necessary appropriation was thus made available.

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REPORT.

Division Engineer Styring assigned me to this work. Accordingly, on Jnly 24 and 25, 1911, in company with First Resident Engineer Moulton and Mr. C. C. Burns, chairman of the Canal Board of the Watertown Chamber of Commerce, a reconnaissance of the possible routes was made. The feasible routes were separated from the others and definite ideas of each were obtained. On conferring with Division Engineer Styring concerning the most suitable field method, it was decided to use stadia measurement throughout.

On July 31, 1911, survey work was begun at Sacketts Harbor. All base lines were run easterly towards Carthage. This out-of-door work was finished December 23, 1911, and to cover all routes required 175 miles of stadia base line. Office work was then commenced. On April 10, 1912, the maps, profiles, diagrams and estimate were completed. To completely investigate the project, required the estimating of 114.89 miles of line. On this date, the office at Watertown was closed and its contents shipped to the Division Engineer’s office in Syracuse. Although there are several thousand dollars left of the $15,000 appropriation, it is doubtful if this amount would have been sufficient, had not the most rapid survey methods been adopted. From the maps, etc., that are being filed a smaller-sized prism and locks may be computed at any time before the appropriation reverts to the State treasury. The estimate accompanying this report is for 12 feet of depth in prism and over miter sills. This “ full-sized Barge canal ” depth is the desire of all interested in the project. If the cost of the proposed canal proves to be too great, it should be remembered that the locks represent a large amount and these must be reduced in size if the total is to be cut down.

The attached folder map is designed to give the general understanding of the project which is needed to make clear the various sections of the report. A “ History of Former Projects ” is offered so as to make known the fact that the idea of a canal from

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Carthage to Lake Ontario is far from a new one. The portion under the heading “ Description of Routes ” is supposed to be used in connection with the folder map. In the section “ Discussion of Routes ” there are put forth the reasons for recommending certain routes. Under the caption “ Investigation of Water-Supply ” much attention has been given to explaining the sources of supply outside of the Black river watershed. The reason for this is that the flooding of State land for storage purposes is prohibited by law. Although the adequate, inexpensive storage reservoirs of the Adirondack region have been considered under present condition, there seems to be little hope of their being available.

The attached cost diagrams will be of great assistance in the comparison of routes and the folder map should be referred to, while examining these diagrams.

The report is divided into the following parts:

History of Former Projects.

Methods.

Description of Routes.

Discussion of Routes.

Investigation of Water-Supply.

Information Already Submitted for Legislative Purposes.

Estimates.

HISTORY OF FORMER PROJECTS.

For over one hundred years the Black river valley has been the scene of great commercial activity. The desire of utilizing its wonderful natural advantages was shown in the year of 1810, by the determination to link the vast navigable waters of Lake Ontario with the powerful flow of the Black river. In the history of Jefferson county are related the following pertinent facts:

In the early days of Brownville, much importance was attached to the navigation of the Black river between Lake Ontario and this village. Accordingly, in 1810, the Black River Navigation Company was incorporated and the necessary locks at Dexter were built, first of wood and later, in 1828, of stone, to accommodate a steamer named “ Brownville,” which was built to navigate as far as Ogdensburg and return. It liad a keel of 80 feet, a beam of 20 feet and a depth of bold of 6"*/2 feet, with a burden of lOO tons and engines of 35 to 40-horse-power. She was built in the village of Brownville on the north side, and having with difficulty passed the locks, was burned to the water's edge on her first trip to Ogdensburg. After having served for about 20 years, these locks were abandoned, to give way to the erection of hydraulic structures for power purposes. The village of Dexter has long since been considered the head of navigation on the Black river.

In 1832 a hydraulic canal twenty feet wide at the top, twelve feet wide at the bottom and four feet deep was finished from Huntington’s Mills on Black river, two miles above the village of Water-town, to the village of Sacketts Harbor on Lake Ontario, which port was then the industrial center of Jefferson county. Elisha Camp assumed, under certain conditions, the stock necessary for the project, and for this reason the canal was popularly known as Camp’s Ditch. The law under which the canal was operated wras so framed that it gave rise to much litigation. The greatest difficulty encountered, however, was in maintaining the first half-mile of the canal, which was constructed along the margin of Black river where it was liable to be washed away on one side and filled with slides of clay on the other. These difficulties finally led to the abandonment of the canal, after it had been in use for about ten years.

In 1838 sundry petitions from the inhabitants of Jefferson and other contiguous counties interested the legislators in the extension of the Black River canal from Carthage to Sacketts Harbor on Lake Ontario. It was stated that the traffic of the canal would be increased more than two hundred per cent by this extension; that the county of Jefferson was one of the most productive in manufactures and in agriculture of any in the state; that there were numerous manufactories of cottons and woolens, forges, furnaces, nails, glass and machinery; that the product of the dairies was large and that, as a grazing and wdieat-growing country, it was surpassed by but few in the state. In addition, it was argued that, by the construction of this short line in the chain of communications, more than six hundred miles of canal and inland boat-navigation would thereby become connected with the canals of this state, forming a continuous navigation from tlie lakes and rivers and canals of the northern border to the great seaport, New York.

The question was not acted upon at that session and, therefore, petitions of similar import were forwarded to the Legislature in 1839, when an act (chapter 321) provided for a survey of a canal route to continue the Black River canal from Carthage to Lake Ontario in the county of Jefferson. The result of the survey was to be reported to the Legislature in 1840, together with the estimated cost of the extension, the probable amount of revenues to be received and an estimate showing to what extent the revenue of the Black River canal would he increased in the event of the extension being constructed.

Edward H. Broadhead, a civil engineer, was appointed to make the survey, two other engineers being assigned to assist him in the work. The surveys and estimates were made for a canal of the following dimensions: The depth of water was to be four feet, width of bottom, twenty-six feet, width at water-surface, forty-two feet; the banks were to be three feet above the water-line, with a slope of two feet horizontal base to one foot rise, both in front and rear, while the width of the towing path was to be twelve feet and of berme, seven feet. Several routes were surveyed, the names of the routes, their length, the number of locks, the amount of lockage and estimate of cost being as follows:

'Carthage to Sacketts Harbor: Length, 311/4 miles; 50 locks; 480 feet of lockage; total cost with stone locks, $1,444,614.28; with composite locks, $1,230,629.28; with wooden locks, $1,040,-027.28.

Carthage to Dexter: Length, 27% miles; 50 locks; 480 feet lockage; total cost with stone locks, $1,394,036.32; with composite locks, $1,180,176.02; with wooden locks, $988,943.02.

The canal commissioners who transmitted the report of the surveys were unable to adequately estimate the amount of revenue to be derived, if the extensions were made, and the Assembly passed a resolution directing them to do so at the next Legislature. The commissioners reported at the time designated and stated that any estimate would necessarily be conjectural, that they did not feel authorized to submit any estimate which might be taken as a basis for legislation, and referred the legislators to the report of Mr.

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Broadhead for the estimated cost. A large number of petitions appeared before the Legislatures of the next few years. Finally provision was made for the selection of one of the routes surveyed, by three disinterested men from the first, second and third, or eighth, senatorial districts, but a change of policy in relation to the minor public works, which also suspended the larger, put an end to the discussion by postponing it indefinitely.

METHODS.

Surveys.

All measurements were taken by stadia. Where possible the base lines were run so as to form closed traverses. Azimuths were frequently checked by observations on the star, Polaris. Accurate wye levels were used to establish frequent bench marks, to check stadia work. These levels were circuits from existing U. S. G. S. bench marks, and sea level datum from this source was used throughout the surveys. Coordinates were computed with a zero assumed in such a position as to enable all lines to be approximately checked by the U. S. G. S. sheets.

Maps.

Topographic maps were plotted, 100 feet to 1 inch, from the stadia surveys. Maps of 1,000 feet to 1 inch were pantographed from these, and the outlines of the former shown. The U. S.

G. S. topographic sheets were mounted on cloth and used as index maps for the various lines and routes.

Existing maps were used where reliable ones could be obtained. The City Engineer of Watertown furnished a contour map which was of great assistance in estimating the Forth Watertown route. The U. S. Deep Waterway maps were used in estimating the Forth Branch reservoir and the Rutland Hollow route. The Deer River Power Company’s topographic maps of portions of the Deer river were of assistance. The original sheets of the Black River bay “ harbor survey ” were photographed by the Lake Survey Office in Detroit and prints sent to this office upon showing them the great saving such information would be to this appropriation. Maps, sections and various other information concerning the Black river between Huntingtonville and Dexter were loaned by Mr. Frank A. Hinds, civil engineer, and proved to be of great use in estimating the City River and Dexter routes.

Computations.

The 100 feet to 1 inch topographic sheets were matched together on a very large floor and the center line of canal projected upon them. The necessary cross-sections were then picked off and plotted. By means of a thread and a prism template, the depth of the level cutting was determined. The sectional area was then taken from a table computed for the purpose. This saved a vast amount of time planimetering sections and by trial proved to he close enough for preliminary estimate purposes. In computing embankment, the heights were determined from the topographic sheets and corresponding areas taken from a suitable table. To simplify computation, rock was assumed to stop with a full rock section at a certain station and a full section of earth to begin at this same point. By study of field conditions, the change from rock to earth was made half-way between the full rock section and the full earth section.

Cost of Locks.

The contract prices of a number of locks were obtained. These structures are either finished or are now being built on the Barge canal. The lifts vary from 10 to 40 feet. A sufficient amount of data was obtained to enable a curve to be plotted. The costs of the locks of the required lifts on this work were then picked off. The costs of locks of the same lifts, but being 188 feet long by 28 feet wide were also estimated. The 1901 report on the Barge canal was of assistance here. The 328 feet by 28 feet locks, estimated in that report, were modified by cutting out 140 feet of the body of the lock and changing the unit price of concrete from $6.00 per cubic yard to $6.50, to fit present conditions. From this information, a curve was plotted. This curve was checked by modifying the costs of the Barge canal present size locks (328 feet by 45 feet) in a somewhat similar manner, thus arriving at the costs from a different source.

Costs of Bridges.

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The costs of the bridges shown in the tables of the 1901 report examined. Those of span and kind suitable to this canal picked out, preference being given to the data concerning

such bridges as were known to have conditions similar to those on this work. The data thus compiled were checked by information obtained from William R. Davis, chief bridge designer on Barge canal construction.

Costs of Dams.

The heights of the various dams were determined. The sections and quantities were then computed. Where flood gates were considered necessary, the Tainter type was estimated. Data on the cost of such gates were obtained from those installed in the Phoenix dam. At Phoenix, flood flow and conditions are very similar to those on the Black river.

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A weir was built on the North branch of Sandy creek at West Rodman. This hamlet is two miles from the village of Adams Center, which is on the New York Central railroad. The weir was built with a 30-foot crest and a 3-foot depth of notch. It is worthy of note, that the flow of this stream was sufficient to cause this weir to discharge under ia head of 3 feet during part of the month of March, 1912.

On the East branch of Sandy creek a mill dam in the village of Rodman was equipped with a gage. The mill owner is the gage-reader and takes the heights of water flowing over the crest each morning before starting his wheels. This does away with computing the volumns of discharge with old, uncalibrated wheels entering into the problem. This village is about four miles from the railroad station at Adams Center.

On the Deer river a gaging station was established near the village of Copenhagen, which place is on the Carthage and Copenhagen railroad. The new concrete dam at High falls is used as a weir and the discharges of the modern wheels connected to the penstock leading from this dam are taken into account.

At all three places the gages will he read until at least one year’s data are complete. Rainfall records, at three near-by, characteristic places, will be taken as usual by the Federal observers, and such readings are at all times available for use in our computations, through the courtesy of the men at these stations.

DESCRIPTION OF ROUTES.

The result of estimating 44 lines was 10 combinations, which will be called routes. For convenience, these will be grouped under three divisions as follows:

Division No. 1.— From Carthage to Watertown.

Division No. 2.—In and around Watertown.

Division No. 3.— From Watertown to Sacketts Harbor.

The Black River and Rutland Hollow routes extend from Carthage to Watertown.

The Beaver Meadow, City River, North Watertown, and Sand-ford Corners routes are the ones in and around the city of Water-town.

The Camp’s Ditch, Muskalonge Creek, Basin and Dexter routes extend from Watertown to Sacketts Harbor.

Each route will now be briefly described, with aid of the attached index map.

Division⁻ No. 1 (Routes From Carthage to Watertown).

Black River Route.

(Line numbers: 29, 26, 24, 23, 21, 35, 20 and 19 of index map.)

This route begins at the county line, which is about three-quarters of a mile up stream from the State dam in the village of Carthage. Thence it extends down the river. The State dam and the rapids below it are passed by means of two locks and a dam. This dam, like the others to be mentioned later, will be provided with suitable gates to prevent flooding, and also in navigation season, to maintain the desired pool level. The long pond now formed by the Herring dam will be utilized and by means of a lock, with the necessary channel excavation below it, the still-water is reached, which is caused by the St. Regis Paper Company’s dam. Just above this dam the route leaves the river and follows the head-race of the company. On arriving at the mill, two locks are built, which bring the line again into the river. From this point to the village of Great Bend the river is followed. A short cut-off with a lock at its lower end brings the route around the dam in this village. When the Lefevre dam is reached, a lock is built at its northerly end; and another is necessary on arriving at Felts Mills. Before the village of Black River is reached, a lock and dam are necessary, and just above the village the route gain leaves the river. Here it crosses the point and passes near the railroad station. At the lower end of this cut-off, two locks are required to again enter the river channel. A lock and dam must be built near Town Eddy, which is the head of the Hunt-ingtonville level. As now existing, this level extends from this point to the eastern limits of the city of Watertown.

Rutland Hollow Route.

(Line numbers: 40, 39 and 37 of index map.)

This route leaves the still-water formed by the State dam in the village of Carthage, near the southerly end of this structure. The level of this still-water, as the route extends down stream in approximately the same direction as the river, is maintained and only after eleven and one-half miles are passed is a lock necessary. Thence the route continues westerly to and into what is known as the Rutland hollow; thence down this hollow, the slope of the bottom being taken care of by one lock. A descent of the falls at the lower end of the hollow requires a flight of five locks. At the foot of this flight the line turns northward and by the use of one more lock passes into the Huntingtonville level.

Division Ho. 2 (Routes in and Around Watertown). Beaver Meadow Route.

(Line numbers: 34, 18, 33, 32, 15 and 14 of index map.)

This route leaves Black river from the Huntingtonville level and extends in a southwesterly direction through the southern portion of the city of Watertown, to what is knowm as the Beaver meadow. In order that the levels may be economically fed, the Huntingtonville level is carried to the vicinity of Franklin street, before the first lock is built. Two more locks are necessary to bring the route to Beaver meadow. After passing which place, the route bears northerly and by means of a flight of two locks at the falls near Massey street it joins Camp’s Ditch route about a mile from the city’s westerly limits.

Sandford Corners Route.

(Line numbers: 12, 10 and 9 of index map.)

This route leaves the Huntingtonville level and bears northward. A flight of two locks near Cary’s limekiln carries the route down into the valley of Cowans creek; thence down this valley by means of four locks and into Black river again at the pool to be formed by a dam near the fair grounds.

City River Route.

(Line number: 42 of index map.)

This route follows the river from Huntingtonville level by placing a lock at the southerly end of the existing dam. This lock, with the necessary channel excavation below it, brings the route into the pond formed by the dam at the city pumping station. To leave this still-water a lock and suitable dam are necessary at the pumping station. Thence the route continues down the river, passing in turn the dams known as Marble Works, Sewell’s island, and Farwell and Rhines, by locks and suitable dams, until the pool above Beebe’s island is reached. Here the river is left and a new channel is dug on the north side, following what is known as Front street. The river is entered again by means of a lock at the foot of this street. Thence the route proceeds down the river, locking through the Taggart dam into pool to be formed by a dam near the fair grounds.

North Watertown Route.

(Line numbers: 11 and 9 of index map.)

This route leaves the Huntingtonville level from the channel on the north side of Huntington island. Thence it extends in a westerly direction through the northern portion of the city of Watertown. The first lock is necessary near Pearl street and the route descends into the valley of Cowans creek by means of four locks. The route extends down this valley and another lock near Main street brings it into the pool to be formed near the fair grounds.

Division Ro. 3. (Routes from Watertown to Sacketts-

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Camp’s Ditch Route.

(Line numbers: 4, 2 and 1 of index map.)

This route leaves the pool to be formed near the fair grounds in Watertown and extends southerly through the westerly portion of the city; thence westerly along the broad, swampy valley that leads to Mill creek; thence down the valley of this creek until Black River bay is reached; thence through this bay to Sacketts Harbor on Lake Ontario.

Musk along e Creek Route.

(Line numbers: 36, 8, 6 and 5 of index map.)

This route leaves the pool to be formed near the fair grounds in Watertown and extends down Black river until what is known as Mill jSTumber 4 is reached. The dam at this point must be raised. This higher pool level is carried along the side hill on the southerly margin of what was formerly known as Glen Park, until near Coffeen Street road, where a lock is necessary. Thence the route extends to the valley of Muskalonge creek and down same, with the necessary locks to take care of the fall, until Muskalonge bay is reached; thence in a dredged channel across this bay to Storrs point, where deep water in Black River bay is reached; thence through Black River bay to Sacketts Harbor on Lake Ontario.

Dexter Route.

(Line numbers: 36, 41 and 44 of index map.)

This route leaves the pool to be formed near the fair grounds and extends down Black river. The still-water at present existing above the Rumber Four dam will be raised by a new structure

with suitable gates. A lock is required here and with the necessary channel excavation below it the pond above the Glen Park dam is reached. This dam must be replaced by a suitable one with proper height of crest and gates. The lock at this point must be placed at the southerly side of the river and several hundred feet downstream. This necessitates building an aqueduct to carry the canal until the lock can step it to the next lower level. The necessary enlarging and deepening of the channel below this point brings the route to the pond formed by the Ontario Mill dam. At this dam much expensive construction is necessary. A new dam with suitable gates is required and the pool level would have to be carried downstream several hundred feet. Also a rocky point would have to be cut through and the present channel otherwise modified. At the lower end of this cut the lock will bring the route into the pond formed by the Brownville dam. Having arrived at this dam, another difficult place is met with. The present dam would have to be replaced and provided with suitable gates. The canal can pass around the dam by a cut-off following the natural gully in the northern bank and lock down at its lower end, so as to avoid building an expensive aqueduct below the dam site. Thence the route proceeds down the gorge, which must be divided in a number of places. Thence through the basin it extends to the dam at Dexter. Here a lock is required and with the necessary channel excavation or extension of the upper pool the route passes downstream into Black River bay. The deposit of silt here encountered may be passed by placing a line of stone-filled cribs on either side of the desired channel location. The soft material having been dredged out, the cribs in conjunction with the accelerated current will probably be sufficient to maintain the channel. Thence the route continues through Black River bay to Sacketts Harbor on Lake Ontario.

Basin Route.

(Line number: 43 of index map.)

This is a link between the Muskalonge Creek and Dexter routes, which makes it possible to avoid canalizing the Black river between Mill Humber four and the foot of Brownville gorge. To accomplish this, the Muskalonge Creek route is left near Brownville.

Thence the Basin route hears northerly and by means of three locks it enters Black river in what is known as the basin. Thence it follows the Dexter route to Sacketts Harbor.

DISCUSSION OF ROUTES.

The routes from Carthage to Watertown consist of the one following the Black river channel as near as practicable and another crossing the country to and down Rutland hollow.

By referring to the Black River route, as described and also as shown on the index map, one can see that it serves the shippers at the numerous paper mills and villages which lay along this stream ; also that the canal follows a natural channel, thereby reducing to a minimum the amount of water to be supplied for navigation. Although costing more than the Rutland Hollow route (with so much of its lockage at one point and absence of dams), the Black River route is without doubt the best one to follow from Carthage to Watertown.

The North Watertown route is the best one in or around the city of Watertown on account of the following facts:

The Beaver Meadow route is long and costly and does not reach the majority of shippers.

The same is true of the Sandford Corners route.

The City River route, while passing very near a large number of shippers, is very costly and beset with difficulties, which render its construction and operation problematic.

The North Watertown route is the cheapest and is nearer the shippers than any other except the impracticable City River route.

The Muskalonge Creek route is the most feasible route from Watertown to Sacketts Harbor on account of the following facts:

The Camp’s Ditch route costs more, is longer and does not serve shippers between Watertown and Lake Ontario.

The Dexter route costs more and is beset with precarious construction between Watertown and the foot of the Brownville gorge. Also the maintenance of a 12-foot channel through more than a mile of deep alluvial deposit at the river’s mouth is doubtful. It may be done by the use of a dredge between the spring flood and the opening of navigation, but this entails continued expense and

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the risk of delaying the annual opening of the canal. However, if this route were feasible, the shippers of the village of Dexter would have ideal service.

The Basin route, while doing away with the construction difficulties due to the character of the river between Humber Four Mill and the foot of the Brownville gorge, costs more than the Muska-longe Creek route and still has tin x oblem of maintaining a channel through the deposit at the river’s mouth.

On the other hand, the Muskalonge Creek route passes within a short distance of the Humber Four and Glen Park paper mills, also within a half-mile of the Ontario paper mill and those in the village of Brownville. It passes within two miles of the village of Dexter, where three paper mills are in operation. However, this village can now be entered by boats of about 4 feet draft. When properly constructed and operated these boats can bring cargoes very cheaply from the harbor in Muskalonge bay to the dock at Dexter. The rock in the bottom of Muskalonge bay is from 15 to 20 feet below the water surface, which will permit of cribs being built, or rock spoil, from farther up the canal, being deposited, to maintain the dredged channel and basis. Ho silt can then enter from the Black river flood waters and the amount brought down by the Muskalonge creek is very small. The channel as it approaches Storrs point is planned to be 500 feet wide, so as to give a sheltered harbor.

IHVESTIGATIOH OF WATER-SUPPLY.

After careful consideration of the fairly extensive data that have recently been collected, the cargo capacity for one navigation season has been assumed to be two million tons.

Using locks of standard Barge canal size, the amount of water required for one season’s operation is one billion cubic feet for lockage, and two hundred and fifty million for sustaining the levels. The use of smaller locks, of such a size for instance as to accommodate a single 1,000-ton barge, would reduce this volume by about one-half.

In arriving at the quantity of water necessary, the following assumptions were made: That standard Barge canal size locks will be used; that the Black river will be canalized between

Carthage and Watertown; that the traffic, as well as losses by percolation, will be lighter between these two places than between Watertown and Lake Ontario, and that water added at Carthage, to compensate the power owners for simply the loss due to lockage, is not available for diversion at Watertown to assist in operating the land channel. Accordingly, one and one-quarter billion cubic feet must be supplied near Watertown and one-half billion above Carthage, to operate the locks and sustain the levels during each navigation season.

In time of flood the Black river has been known to discharge as high as 23,000 cubic feet per second, but in time of drouth it has dwindled as low as one per cent of this amount. If the average yearly flow, as shown by daily measurements during the past fourteen years, was distributed uniformly, a flow of 3,600 second-feet at all times would be available. The capacity of storage reservoirs necessary to produce this ideal condition is shown by an accompanying hydrograph. The behavior of the Black river, as shown by the curve labeled “ Natural Flow,” is typical in every respect. Low water, particularly during the summer months, is a never failing source of embarrassment to any consumer of power who would dare depend upon water wheels for the constant operation of a plant. Consequently, under present conditions, no part of the river’s flow can bo diverted for canal purposes during the navigation season. This state of affairs can be changed to a large extent, because the upper portion of the drainage basin of the Black river is wonderfully adapted for cheap storage reservoirs of large capacity.

Between Carthage and Forestport, a distance of about forty-five miles, the Black river receives its principal tributaries. The streams that come from the east have their sources among the lake-studded areas of the Adirondacks. Taking a few of these tributaries in the order that one would encounter them if he journeyed upstream from Carthage, a brief description of some of their storage possiblities will now be given.

The first stream met with is not of Adirondack origin and enters the Black river on the west side. It is called Deer river. An area above Copenhagen of 85 square miles in extent is drained by this river. The part of the watershed that is adaptable to storage is just above this village. At this point, seven-tenths of a billion cubic feet can be impounded by flooding about 700 of farm land. The cost of the reservoir would be approximately $225,000, or about $320 per million cubic feet of storage.

acres

taries.

Herkimer county, it emerges from the Adirondack park at Humber Four on the Lewis county line. At Beaver Flow reservoir, by raising the present dam about 12 feet, an additional storage of 3.4 billion cubic feet could be secured. This would simply

The next is the Beaver river. This is one of the largest tribu-It rises in western Hamilton county. After crossing

be an enlargement of the present State reservoir. In making this improvement about 2,800 acres of additional State land would be involved. Most of this land is swampy and is now flooded every spring in the high-water period. The stream regulation which would result from the 3.4 billion storage would add 245 second-feet to the present minimum flow of the Black river.

Beaver lake is another reservoir site where approximately half a billion cubic feet could be impounded by a dam 8 feet high and 300 feet long. An additional area of about 600 acres would be flooded. About 25 acres of this is State land and all of the flooded area is barren.

At Crogan there is another storage site. By building a short dam 10 feet in height just above the village, about one-tenth of a billion cubic feet can be stored. All of the area that would be flooded is farm land.

In passing, notice should be taken of the Black river’s smaller tributaries before we go on to the Moose river. The Independence river in its upper portion, likewise Otter and Fish creeks with their attached lakes, as well as Sugar river, all have storage capabilities. These streams are at present practically free from power developments. Consequently storage projects could be executed without these impediments.

The Moose river is one of the largest tributaries and it has a drainage area of 416 square miles. On this stream, between Fulton Chain and Minnehaha station, there is a storage reservoir site. If a dam 10 feet high and about 500 feet long was built near the latter place, a body of water about one and a half square miles in area would be formed. This would contain

about three-tenths of a billion cubic feet and would be entirely upon nearly valueless private land.

Another suitable place for storage on the north branch of the Moose river is about two miles below Minnehaha station, where there is now a darn about 800 feet- long a short ways downstream from Nelson lake. This dam could be replaced by a new one and if the crest was 12 feet higher, the present lake would be raised this amount and another formed. Here a storage of about two-tenths of a billion cubic feet could be obtained. No State land would be flooded by this improvement.

On the south branch of the Moose river, at a place known as The Plains, if a dam 90 feet high was erected, with a low dike at its south end, a reservoir covering 4,600 acres with a capacity of about 6 billion cubic feet would be the result. A large part of the reservoir site, however, is State land, of which 2,600 acres is swampy and waste.

Returning to the Black river at Hawkinsville, below Forest-port, another storage possibility is seen. By the erection of a dam of about 110 feet in height, 3.3 billion cubic feet of water would be impounded. This reservoir would lie outside of the Adirondack park, but a parcel of about 33 acres of State land would be included within its limits. The regulated flow which this reservoir would produce would be 207 second-feet, exclusive of the 250 second-feet which must pass through the Forestport feeder for use in the present Black River and Erie canals. The following tabulation shows concisely the condition:

Name of place.

Name of river.

Storage in Number of billions of acres of State cubic feet, land flooded.

Copenhagen.. Beaver Flow.. Number Four

Crogan......

Minnehaha... Nelson lake.. The Plains. . . Hawkinsville.

Deer... Beaver. Beaver Beaver Moose. Moose. Moose. Black.

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None.

2,800

25

None.

None.

None.

4,600

From the information available, it appears tliat to store water on the Black river watershed, in other than reservoirs of less than one billion cubic feet capacity, the flooding of State lands is necessary. Accordingly, attention is now called to the possibility of storage reservoirs on adjacent watersheds sufficiently close to avoid expensive feeders.

The only contiguous watershed that will assist in supplying water to the proposed canal is that of Sandy creek. Above the hamlet known as West Rodman, this stream has a drainage area of 100 square miles. The branches spread at this point. The one passing through Burrs Mills is called the North branch and the other portion flowing through Rodman is known as the East branch. These have, respectively, 38 and 62 square miles of drainage areas.

The larger area is unfortunately possessed by the torrential stream which offers but two storage sites of small capacity. On the other hand, the North branch is wonderfully adapted for a large reservoir.

From West Rodman the valley of this stream extends in a northeasterly direction towards Watertown. The valley has a remarkably level bottom and, while of goodly depth and width, it narrows up in several places. Computations for different locations, heights and kinds of dams that might be suitable and economical, appear on the sheets of the estimate. Apparently the most feasible location for a dam is just below the Whitford Corners-Rodman road. The cost of the reservoir with an earth dam at this point would be $198,000. The capacity would be 1.6 billion cubic feet. This is $124 per million cubic feet. The crest of this dam would be high enough to easily pass water into the Black river watershed at Sawyer’s Corners. From this point a short feeder will carry the water to Cold creek at a cost of $150,000. Here it can be taken directly into certain of the proposed routes directly or be diverted easterly into the long Huntingtonville level, from which it can be fed in the direction of Lake Ontario into the various other routes.

The annual run-off from the 38 square miles of drainage area above this dam site is 1.9 billion cubic feet. This amount was determined by averaging the mean annual rainfall of a number of years as recorded by the Federal observers at three characteristic places, and using the run-off coefficient derived for the Black river watershed, there being at present no records of actual run-off on this drainage area, except the determinations by this survey. These readings were begun last year. This 1.9 billion cubic feet of run-off will till the reservoir and supply the canal after it would leave the river at Watertown. However, as the determinaton of run-off is at present necessarily theoretical, there is a possibility, that, when the readings of the discharge of the North branch shall have been taken for a full year, the amount caught on this drainage area may prove less than the computations now show. Also, at Adams, which is below the junction of these branches, there are three power plants entitled to the usual summer flow. These plants would suffer in times of drouth, if the North branch was entirely diverted, and in arriving at the amount available for storage, no water has been considered as being spilled from the reservoir to keep up the usual summer flow of this stream.

In case the North branch watershed proves to be inadequate, it can be assisted in the following manner: A dam can be built a short distance below Whitesville on the East branch, which will raise the creek water 40 feet. This elevation will enable a feeder to pass it from the pool thus formed into what is known as Freeman creek, which is a tributary of the North branch, discharging into the proposed reservoir. The cost of the auxiliary dam and feeder would be $154,000.

INFORMATION ALREADY SUBMITTED FOR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES.

On March 11, 1912, by direction of State Engineer Bensel, I made a verbal report and submitted in round figures the cost of the most feasible routes. Regarding the size of prism and locks, the following five propositions were offered, and in all of them the 12-foot depth remains unchanged.

(1)    Full Barge canal size of prism and locks throughout.

(2)    Full Barge canal sized locks and a prism of 9 feet less width.

(3)    Locks 188 feet by 28 feet and full Barge canal size of prism.

(4)    Locks as in No. 3 with a prism of 9 feet less in width.

(5)    Full Barge canal sized locks and prism from Lake Ontario to Watertown, and locks as in No. 3 from Watertown to Carthage with full Barge canal size of prism.

Proposition No. 3 was chosen and a bill printed for same. The cost of this amounted to $14,000,000, when rounded 15 per cent for contingencies. Later No. 1 was chosen and the first bill withdrawn. A new one was then printed, of which No. 1 forms a part, amounting to $16,000,000, with a 20 per cent rounding for contingencies. The enlargement of the Glen Falls feeder and the reconstruction of the Chemung canal constitute the rest of the bill. At present writing, April 5, 1912, this bill has passed the Legislature and is in the hands of the Governor.

ESTIMATE.

On the tabulated sheets that follow the amounts of the various lines are shown. Along the different routes a number of projected lines were estimated. Later the best of these were combined into the series indicated by the line numbers. In this manner each route was studied before the lines composing it were selected.

Full sized Barge canal locks, 45 feet wide by 328 feet between hollow quoins, were estimated throughout. Comparison of lines and routes was then made and the most feasible combination selected. Having obtained the three routes which make up the entire canal extension from Carthage to Sacketts Harbor, an estimate, using locks 2'8 feet wide by 188 feet between hollow quoins, was computed, to show the saving, should the smaller locks be built.

The cost of the extension from Carthage to Sacketts Harbor is in round figures as follows:

For full Barge canal size throughout, $16,300,000.

For full size, except using the smaller locks, $14,600,000.

In both of the above amounts, 20 per cent has been added for contingencies to the figures shown by the computations. The attached tabulated sheets show the items briefly, and the detail computations are filed in the office of the Middle Division of the Erie canal at Syracuse.

COMPUTATIONS AND ESTIMATES FOR WATER-SUPPLY.

Summary of Reservoirs and Feeders for 45 x 328 Ft. (between H. Q.) Locks.

North Branch, Sandy Creek, Reservoir.

Dam site, near Whitford Corners.

Elevation of crest = 740, U. S. G. S. datum.

Capacity = 1.6 billion cubic feet.

Run-off = 2.1 billion cubic feet per year.

Cost of reservoir with earth and concrete dam

$198,000

Feeder from North Branch to Black River.

In both open cut and tunnel, length = 12,300 feet. Capacity = 140 second-feet.

Cost........................................

150,000

Deer River Reservoir.

Dam site, § mile above Copenhagen.

Elevation of crest = 1,220, U. S. G. S. datum. Capacity = 0.74 billion cubic feet.

Run-off = 4.4 billion cubic feet per year.

Cost of reservoir with earth and concrete dam

225,000

East Branch, Sandy Creek, Reservoir (auxiliary). Dam site, If miles west of Whitesville. Elevation of crest = 900, U. S. G. S. datum. Capacity = 0.12 billion cubic feet.

Run-off = 1.9 billion cubic feet per year.

Cost of reservoir with earth and concrete dam

72,000

Feeder from East Branch to North Branch. Elevation = 900, U. S. G. S. datum. Capacity = 280 second-feet.

Length of feeder = 13,000 feet.

Cost.............................

82,000

Total

$727,000

Summary of Reservoirs and Feeder for 28x 188 Ft. Locks.

North Branch, Sandy Creek, Reservoir.

Dam site, near Whitford Corners.

Elevation of crest = 740, U. S. G. S. datum.

Capacity = 1.6 billion cubic feet.

Run-off = 2.1 billion cubic feet per year.

Cost of reservoir with earth and concrete dam....

Feeder from North Branch to Black River.

In both open cut and tunnel length = 12,300 feet.

Capacity = 140 second-feet.

Cost........................................

$198,000

150,000

Summary of Reservoirs and Feeder for 28x188 Ft. Locks — (Concluded). Deer River Reservoir.

Dam site, \ mile above Copenhagen.

Elevation of crest = 1,220, U. S. G. S. datum.

Capacity = 0.74 billion cubic feet.

$225,000

Run-off = 4.4 billion cubic feet per year.

Cost of reservoir with earth and concrete dam

Total

$573,000

Say $600,000.

Water Required for 45 x 328 Ft. Locks.

Computations of total amount of water required for one navigation season.

Size of locks = 45x328 feet (between hollow quoins).

Maximum lift to be filled per each lockage = 35 feet.

Number of lockages = 2,000 per season.

Length of navigation season = 180 days.

Total amount of water for lockage — 328 x 45 x 35 x 2,000....    1,033,200,000 cu.ft.

258,300,000

For seepage and other losses, add 25 per cent

Total

1,291,500,000 cu.ft.

Say 1.25 billion cubic feet per season.

Water Required for 28 x 188 Ft. Locks.

Computations of total amount of water required for one navigation season.

Size of locks = 28 x 188 feet (between hollow quoins).

Maximum lift to be filled per each lockage = 35 feet.

Number of lockages = 2,000 per season.

368,480,000 cu. ft. 92,120,000

Length of navigation season = 180 days.

Total amount of water for lockage — 188 x 28 x 35 x 2,000. ...

For seepage and other losses, add 25 per cent................

Total

460,600,000 cu. ft.

Say 0.46 billion cubic feet per season.

North Branch, Sandy Creek, Reservoir. Computations.

Dam one-half mile from Whitford Corners.

Crest elevation = 740, U. S. G. S. datum.

Capacity of reservoir, contour 740, 1.6 billion cubic feet.*

Length of dam = about 500 feet.

Height of dam = about 40 feet.

Drainage area = 38 square miles.

Average yearly rainfall = 38.56 inches, f Run-off coefficient = 61 per cent-t

27,878,400 x ~x 0.61 = 54,639,280 cubic feet per square mile. 5 4,639,280 x 38 = 2.1 billion cubic feet, yearly run-off.

* Planimetered from U. S. G. S. topographic sheet.

t See U. S. Weather Bureau report for Adams Center, Rutland and Rodman, j See Barge canal report for 1901, page 826.

Quantities in Dam¹

420

360

340

290

200

440

Totals

STATION.

Distance.

Feet.

•2.1

50

490

100

60

80

Embankment.

Cu. yds. per lin. ft.f

Cu. yds.

Concrete.

36

120

290

290

120

36

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68

338

4,165

675

72

181,610

5,576

$54,483

33,456

24,120

9,000

600

15,000

10,800

50,000

600

Embankment, 181,610 cu. yds. at 30 c=:$d4,483. Concrete, 5,576 cu. yds. at $8.00 = $33,455.

60 ft. of spillway at 67 cu. yds. per lin. ft.: 60 x 67 = 4,020 cu. yds. in spillway. 4,020 cu. yds. at $6.00 = $24,120.

Summary of Cost.

Embankment, 181,610 cu. yds. at 30 c......

Concrete, core wall, 5,576 cu. yds. at $6.00. Concrete, spillway, 4,020 cu. yds. at $6.00..

Relocated highways, 3 miles at $3,000......

Relocated highways, 12 acres of land at $50 Buildings destroyed, 10 houses at $1,500... .

Buildings destroyed, 12 barns at $900......

Buildings destroyed, 1 schoolhouse at $600.. Land flooded = 1,000 acres at $50..........

Total

$198,059

Say $198,000.

Feeder from Upper End of North Branch of Sandy _Creek to Black River.

Computations and Cost.

Assuming feeder to supply water for 12 lockages of 35 ft. lift:

320 x 45 x 35 = 504,000 cu. ft. for each lockage.

12 x 504.000 = 6,048,000 cu. ft. in 12 hours.

6,048,000 -4- 43,200 = 140 second-feet.

Assuming velocity of 3 ft. per second, section area = 46.6 sq. ft.

Assuming 12 ft. bottom width and slopes of 1 on 1|:

Area for 6 ft.-cut = 126 sq. ft.

Area for 15 ft.-cut = 517 sq. ft.

Embankment, 344,700 cu. yds. at 30c = $103,410. Concrete, core wall, 12,089 cu. yds. at $6.00 = 72,534.

* Cross-section of dam site, taken from U. S. G. S. topographic sheet: 1220 1200 1180 1180 1200 1220

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Feeder prom Upper End of North Branch op Sandy Creek to Black River —

(Concluded).

Drawing water from reservoir at elevation 710 with average open cut of 15 ft. for 6,800 ft; 3,500 feet of tunnel; then average open cut of 6 ft. for 2,000 ft.:

6,800 x 517    , on onn ,

—--⁼ 130,200 cu. yds. at 50c

3,500 ft. of tunnel at $20 2,000 x 126

2^    = 9,330 cu yds. at 50c

For controlling works

$65,100

70,000

4,650

10,000

Total

$149,750

Say $150,000

Deer River Reservoir. Computations.

Dam one-half mile above Copenhagen.

Crest elevation = 1,220, U. S. G. S. datum.

Capacity of reservoir, contour 1,220, 0.74 billion cu. ft.J Length of dam = about 4.000 feet.

Height of dam = about 25 feet.

Area flooded = about 660 acres.

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x 0.61 x 80 = 4.4 billion cu. ft. yearly run-off.

Quantities in Dam*

STATION.

Depth.

Distance.

Embankment.

Concrete.

Feet.

Feet.

Cu. yds. per lin. ft. f

2,300

1,400

1,200

2,100

2,700

Mil

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20

40

40

20

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33

120

120

33

Cu. yds.

i9 j 850 15,300 144,000 160,650 9,900

344,700

Cu. yds. per lin. ft.f

Cu. yds.

1.85

4.90

4.90

1.85

832

675

2,940

7,087

555

12,039

2300    1400    1200

t Taken from Von Schon, page 50.

X Planimetered from U. S. G. S. topographic sheet.

Summary of Cost.

$103,410

72,534

12,600

3,000

30,800

200

Embankment, 344,700 cu. yds. at 30c......

Concrete, core wall, 12,089 cu. yds. at $6.00 Concrete, spillway, 2,100 cu. yds. at $6.00. .

Relocated highway, 1 mile at $3,000.......

Relocated highway, 4 acres of land at $50. . Land flooded, 616 acres at $50.............

Total

$222,544

Say $225,000.

East Branch, Sandy Creek, Reservoir. Computations.

Dam about 1| miles west of Whitesville.

Crest elevation = 900, U. S. G. S. datum.

Capacity of reservoir, contour 900, 0.12 billion cu. ft. Length of dam = 500 feet.

Average height of dam = 25 feet.

Drainage area = 35 square miles.

Average rainfall = 38.56 inches.*

Run-off coefficient = 61 per cent.f 38 56

27,878,400 x x 0.61 = 54,639,280 cu. ft. per sq. mi. 54,639,280 x 35 = 1.9 billion cu. ft., yearly run-off.

Quantities in Dam.I

STATION.

Depth.

Distance.

Embankment.

Concrete.

600

Feet.

Feet.

Cu. yds. per lin. ft.§

450

J'l

300

00.

40

150

150

35

200

50

300

121

300.

40

182

21HI

121

400

20

100

100

Totals

Cu. yds.

2,625

11,700

45,450

30,300

7,800

1,750

99,625

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Cu. yds.

135

1,650

1,100

310

on

3,750

Embankment, 99,620 cu. yds. at 30c = $29,886. Concrete, core wall, 3,750 cu. yds. at $6.00 = $22,500. ² 3 4 5

Summary of Cost.

Embankment, 99,620 cu. yds. at 30c......

Concrete, core wall, 3,750 cu. yds. at $6.00. Concrete, spillway, 1,500 cu. yds. at $6.00. Relocated highways, 0.8 mile, at $3,000.... Relocated highways, 4 acres of land, at $50 Buildings destroyed, 1 house at $1,500. . . . Land flooded, 122 acres at $50...........

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$71,586

Say $72,000.

Feeder prom East Branch to North Branch, Sandy Creek. Computations and Cost.

Elevation of lower East Branch = 900, U. S. G. S. datum.

Drainage area = 35 square miles.

Average monthly rainfall for Lowville, taken from U. S. Weather Bureau reports for the months, Dec., Jan., Feb. and Mar., 1827-1909 = 3.15, 2.77, 2.76and 2.48 inches. Total precipitation in four months = 11.16 inches.

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27,878,400 x ^-⁶ x 35 x 0.80 = 725,954,000 cu. ft.

Stored up precipitation in four months assumed to run off in a period of 30 days:

725,954,000 -5- 2,592,000 = 280 second-feet.

Assuming velocity of 3 ft. per second, section area = 93 -f- or 94 sq. ft.

Assuming 18 ft. bottom width and slopes of 1 on 1|, area for 10 ft.-cut = 330 sq. ft. Length of feeder = 13,000 feet.

13,000 x 330

27

= 158,900 cu. yds. at 50c

Two bridges at $1,000

$79,450

2,000

Total

$81,450

Say $82,000.

ESTIMATE OF COSTS OF ALL ROUTES.

Full Barge canal size of prism and locks 45 feet wide by 328 feet long between gates.

Muskalonge Cheek Route.— Lines 5, 6, 7, 8 and 36.

Line No. 5.— Length. 2.61 miles.

Earth excavation, 475,200 cu. yds. at 35c.. Rock excavation. 272,100 cu. yds. at 81.50

Embankment, 35,700 cu. yds. at 15c......

Locks — lift, 31 ft......................

Dams.................................

Bridges — 1 highway...................

Land damages.........................

$166,300

408,200

5,400

255,000

12,000

3,300

Total

$850,200

Line No. 6.— Length, 2.74 miles.

Earth excavation, 154,700 cu. yds. at 35c. Rock excavation, 315.300 cu. yds. at $1.50 Embankment, 245,500 cu. yds. at 15c

Locks — lift, 30 ft.- 25 ft.- 15 ft..........

Dams.................................

Bridges — 1 highway....................

Land damages.........................

$54,200

473,000

36,800

632,000

12,000

5,700

Total

$1,213,700

Line No. 7.— Length, 2.56 miles.

Earth excavation.......................

Rock excavation, 493 000 cu. yds. at $1 50

Embankment, 168,100 cu. yds. at 15c.....

Locks — lift. 30 ft.- 15 ft.- 15 ft.- 10 ft. . .

Dams.................................

Bridges — 1 highway....................

Land damages.........................

$739,500

25,200

709,000

12,000

5,400

Total

$1,491,100

Line No. 8.— Length, 2.81 miles.

Earth excavation, 200,600 cu. yds. at 35c. Rock excavation, 597,400 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment, 93,000 cu. yds. at 15c.....

Locks — lifts, 15 ft.- 20 ft..............

Lining canal prism......................

$70,200

896,100

14,000

355,000

83,000

Bridges — 2 highway Land damages.......

Line No. 8.— Length, 2.81 miles—(Concluded).

$24,000

6,000

Total

$1,448,300

Line No. 36.— Length, 0.36 mile.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 69,840 cu. yds. at $2.50

Embankment..........................

Locks — lift, 8 ft......................

Dams 2..............................

Bridges...............................

Land damages.........................

$174,60°

123,000

92,000

2,400

Total

$392,000

Summary.— Lines chosen, 5, 6, 8, and 36.

Line No. 5 Line No. 6. Line No. 8. Line No. 36

$850,200

1,213,700

1,448,300

392,000

Grand total

$3,904,200

North Watertown Route.— Lines 9 and 11. Line No. 9.— Length, 0.21 mile.

Earth excavation....................

Rock excavation, 3,500 cu. yds. at $2.50.. Rock excavation, 50,600 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment.........................

Locks...............................

Dams...............................

Bridges — 2 railroad 1 highway........

Land damages........................

$8,750

75,900

82,000

900

Total

$167,550

Line No. 11.— Length, 4-18 miles.

Earth excavation, 727,700 cu. yds. at 35c.....

Rock excavation, 680,700 cu. yds. at $1.50. . .

Embankment, 159,900 cu. yds. at 15c........

Locks — lift, 12 ft - 20 ft - 20 ft.- 30 ft.- 30 ft

Dams....................................

Bridges—4 city, 3 railroad.................

Land damages............................

$254,700

1,021,100

24,000

1,028,000

208,000

26,900

Total

, $2,562,700

Summary.— Lines chosen, 9 and 11.

Line No. 9 Line No. 11

$167,550 2,550 700

Black River Route.— Lines 19, 20, 35, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29.

Line No. 19.— Length, 0.66 mile.

Earth excavation.....................

Rock excavation, 2,000 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment........................

Locks...............................

Dams...............................

Bridges..............................

Land damages........................

CO

m

Total

$3,000

Line No. 20.— Length 1.81 miles.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 46,300 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment, 1,800 cu. yds. at 15c.......

Locks — lift, 18 ft......................

Dams, 1..............................

Bridges...............................

Land damages.........................

$69,450

300

180,000

79,000

Total

$328,750

Line No. 35.— Length, 0.32 mile.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 36,500 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment........................

Locks...............................

Bridges..............................

Land damages........................

$54,750

900

Total

$55,650

Line No. 21.— Length 0.89 mile.

Earth excavation.......................

Rock excavation, 397,400 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks —lift, 18 ft.- 20 ft................

Dams.................................

Bridges — 2 highway, 2 railroad..........

Land damages..........................

$596,100

0

372,000

0

104,000

2,300

Total

$1,074,400

Line No. 22.— Length 1.73 miles.

Earth excavation.......................

Rock excavation, 281,100 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks —lift, 22 ft- 16 ft................

Dams, 2...............................

Bridges — 2 highway, 1 railroad..........

Land damages..........................

$421,650

0

372,000

63,000

64,000

¹

Cross-section of dam site, taken from U. S. Deep Waterway map: 740    720    700    675    675    675    700    720    740

420    360    340    290    00    200    300    360    440

t See Von Schon, pages 42 and 50.

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See U. S. Weather Bureau report for Adams Center, Rutland and Rodman, t See Barge canal report for 1901, page 823. t Cross-section of dam-site:

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900    880    860    850    860    880    900

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600    450    300    00    200    300    400

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See Von Schon, page 50.

Line No. 23.— Length 4.92 miles.

Earth excavation......................

$772,500

0

606,000

44,000

24,000

10,800

Rock excavation, 515,000 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks — lift, 14 ft.- 11 ft.- 9 ft.- 18 ft.....

Dams, 1..............................

Bridges — 2 highway...................

Land damages.........................

Total

$1,457,300

Line No. 24-—Length 2.65 miles.

Earth excavation......................

$480,600

Rock excavation, 320,400 cu. yds. at $1.50 Embankment.........................

Locks........

Dams........

Bridges.......

Land damages

Total

$480,600

Line No. 25.— Length 1.68 miles.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 225,400 cu. yds. at $1.50 Embankment, 122,400 cu. yds. at 15c. . . .

Locks —lift, 16 ft.- 16 ft...............

Dams, 1..............................

Bridges — 1 highway...................

Land damages.........................

$338,100

18,400

338,000

54,000

12,000

3,600

Total

$764,100

Line No. 26.— Length 1.55 miles.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 430,200 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment.........................

Locks — lift, 24 ft.- 25 ft...............

Dams................................

Bridges — 1 highway, 1 railroad.........

Land damages.........................

$645,300

0

435,000

52,000

4,100

Total

$1,136,400

Line No. 27.— Length 0.81 mile.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 119,600 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment.........................

Locks — lift, 32 ft.....................

Dams, 1..............................

Bridges...............................

Land damages.........................

$179,400

260,000

54,000

Total

$493,400

Line No. 28.— Length, 1.24 miles.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 80,900 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment, 5,800 cu. yds. at 15c......

Locks — lift, 17 ft.....................

Dams, 1..............................

$121,350

174,000

49,000

900

Line No. 29.— Length, 5.65 miles.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 557,400 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment.........................

Locks — lift, 16 ft.- 27 ft - 26 ft.........

Dam and retaining wall, 1..............

Bridges — 1 city, 2 railroad.............

Land damages.........................

$836,100

627,000

137,000

102,000

Bridges — 1 highway Land damages.......

Line No. 28.— Length 1.24 miles — (Concluded).

$12,000

Total

$357,250

Total

$1,702,100

Summary.— Lines chosen, 19, 20, 35, 21, 23, 24, 26 and 29.

Line No. 19 Line No. 20 Line No. 35 Line No. 21 Line No. 23. Line No. 24. Line No. 26. Line No. 29.

$3,000

328,750

55,650

1,074,400

1,457,300

480,600

1,136,400

1,702,100

Grand total

$6,238,200

ENTIRE CANAL EXTENSION (CARTHAGE TO SACKETTS HARBOR).

Summary.

Black River route, lines 19, 20, 35, 21, 23, 24, 26 and 29

North Watertown route, lines 9 and 11...............

Muskalonge Creek route, lines 5, 6, 8 and 36........

$6,238,200

2,730,250

3,904,200

Water-supply

$12,872,650

727,000

20 per cent for contingencies

$13,599,650

2,719,930

Total

$16,319,580

Say

$16,000,000

Camp’s Ditch Route.— Lines 1, 2, 3 and 4. Line No. 1.—Length, 4-98 miles.

Earth excavation, 322,300 cu. yds. at 35c. .. Rock excavation, 1,067,700 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment, 202,700 cu. yds. at 15c.......

Locks — lift, 28 ft.- 28 ft.- 35 ft.- 30 ft......

Dams...................................

Bridges — 4 highway, 1 railroad............

Land damages..........................

$112 800 1,601,600 30,400 1,003,000

I

88,000

10,500

it

Line No. 2.— Length, 5.63 miles.

Earth excavation, 1,792,600 cu. yds. at 35c..............

Rock excavation......................................

Embankment, 184,900 cu. yds. at 15c...................

Locks — lift, 13 ft.- 10 ft..............................

Dams...............................................

Bridges — 3 highway..................................

Land damages.......................................

$627,403

27,700

286,000

36,000

12,800

Total

$989,900

Line No. 3.— Length, 5.60 miles.

Earth excavation, 1,891,800 cu. yds. at 35c..............

Rock excavation......................................

Embankment, 57,200 cu. yds. at 15c....................

Locks — lift, 13 ft.- 10 ft..............................

Dams...............................................

Bridges — 3 highway..................................

Land damages.......................................

$662,100

8,600

286,000

0

36,000

12,800

Total

$1,005,500

Line No. 4-—Length, 1.58 miles.

Earth excavation, 762,500 cu. yds. at 35c

Rock excavation......................

Embankment........................

Locks...............................

Dams, elevation, 370-388.............

Bridges — 2 highway, 1 railroad.........

Land damages.......................

$266,900

50,000

64,000

9,600

Total

$390,500

Summary.— Lines chosen, 1, 2 and 4.

Line No. 1. Line No. 2. Line No. 4

$2,846,300

989,900

390,500

Grand total

$4,226,700

Beaver Meadow Route.—Lines 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34. Line No. 14-—Length, 4-29 miles.

$3S7,300 608,600 20,300 1,026,000 0

130,000

46,500

Earth excavation, 1,106,600 cu. yds. at 35c. . . .

Rock excavation, 405,700 cu. yds. at $1.50....

Embankment, 135,077 cu. yds. at 15c........

Locks — lift, 30 ft - 30 ft - 17 ft - 25 ft.- 10 ft

Dams....................................

Bridges — 2 highway, 3 city, 1 railroad.......

Land damages............................

Line No. 15.— Length, 0.96 mile.

Earth excavation, 554,500 cu. yds. at 35c. . Rock excavation, 228,900 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks.................................

Dams.................................

Bridges — 1 city........................

Land damages.........................

$194,100

343,400

22,000

86,000

Total

$645,500

Line No. 16.— Length, 0.71 mile.

Earth excavation, 417,000 cu. yds. at 35c. Rock excavation, 268,900 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks.................................

Dams.................................

Bridges — 1 city........................

Land damages..........................

tO

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Total

$583,400

Line No. 17.— Length, 1.72 miles.

Earth excavation, 564,100 cu. yds. at 35c. . Rock excavation, 696,800 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks.................................

Dams.................................

Bridges — 1 city........................

Land damage..........................

$197,400

1,045,200

22,COO 10,800

Total

$1,275,400

Earth excavation, 91,700 cu. yds. at 35c

Rock excavation.....................

Embankment.......................

Locks...............................

Dams...............................

Bridges — 1 city, 1 railroad...........

Land damages.......................

Line No. 18.— Length, 0.35 mile.

$32,100

62,000

500

Total

$94,600

Line No. 30.— Length, 3.60 miles.

Earth excavation.......................

Rock excavation, 279,000 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks.................................

Dams.................................

Bridges — 1 city........................

Land damages..........................

$418,500

22,000

19,000

Line No. 31.— Length, 1.18 miles.

Earth excavation, 183,900 cu. yds. at 35c

Rock excavation......................

Embankment........................

Locks...............................

Dams, 18 ft.........................

Bridges — 1 railroad, 2 highway........

Land damages.......................

$64,400

63,200

64,000

Total

$191,600

Earth excavation, 132,800 cu. yds. at 35c

Rock excavation......................

Embankment.........................

Locks...............................

Dams...............................

Bridges.............................

Land damages........................

Line No. 32.— Length, 0.23 mile.

$46,500

1,600

Total

$48,100

Line No. 33.— Length, 0.79 mile.

Earth excavation, 490,500 cu. yds. at 35c

Rock excavation......................

Embankment.........................

Locks................................

Dams................................

Bridges — 1 city......................

Land damages........................

$171,700

22,000

3,400

Total

$197,100

Rock excavation, 2,900 cu. yds. at $1.50

Line No. 34-—Length, 0.44 mile.

$4,350

Summary.— Lines chosen, 14, 15, 32, 33, 18 and 34.

Line No. 14. Line No. 15. Line No. 32. Line No. 33 Line No. 18 Line No. 34

$2,218,700

645,500

48,100

197,100

94,600

4,350

Grand total

$3,208,350

Sandford Corners Route.— Lines 10, 12 and 13. Line No. 10.— Length, 5.25 miles.

Earth excavation.................................

Rock excavation, 1,449,900 cu. yds. at $1.50.........

Embankment, 196,800 cu. yds. at 15c...............

I ocks — lifts, 12 ft.— 15 ft.- 10 ft.- 15 ft.- 30 ft.- 30 ft

Dams...........................................

Bridges — 1 city, 1 railroad, 3 highway..............

Land damages...................................

$2,174,900

29,500

1,104,000

98,000

11,200

Line No. 12 — Length, 1.17 miles.

Earth excavation, 1,029,800 cu. yds. at 35c...............

Rock excavation.......................................

Embankment.........................................

Locks.............,..................................

Dams................................................

Bridges — 1 highway...................................

Land damages.......................................

$363,500

12,000

2,400

Total

$374,900

Earth excavation, 761,200 cu. yds. at 35c

Rock excavation......................

Embankment........................

Locks — lift, 18 ft....................

Dams, one - 28 ft.....................

Bridges— 1 highway..................

Land damages.......................

Line No. 13.— Length, 2.17 miles.

$266,400

0

180,000

79,000

12,000

4,600

Total

$542,600

Summary.— Lines chosen, 10 and 13.

Line No. 10 Line No. 13

$3,417,600

542,600

Grand total

$3,960,200

Line No. 1+1.— Length, 5.60 miles.

Dexter Route.— Lines 41 and 44.

Rock excavation, 552,155 cu. yds. at $2.50..........

Widening channel — Ontario mill..................

Locks — lifts, 23 ft.- 28 ft.- 23 ft - 20 ft.- 29 ft.- 8 ft

One dam and gates — 2 Taintor gates..............

Land damages...................................

Aqueduct, 1,300 ft. long..........................

$1,380,400

10,000

1,214,000

118,000

237,700

130,000

Total

$3,090,100

Line No. 44-—Length, 3.63 miles.

Earth excavation, 355,959 cu. yds. at 20c. . Rock excavation, 173,074 cu. yds. at $3.00 Rock excavation, 33,814 cu. yds. at $2.50.

Locks — lift, 12 ft......................

Cribs — length, 2 miles.................

Land damages.........................

$71,200

519,300

84,600

146,000

200,000

54,000

Total

$1,075,100

Summary.— Lines chosen, 41 and 44.

Line No. 41 Line No. 44

$3,090,100

1,075,100

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Line At? to Length 5.25 Mites —Cost #3,4/7,600\

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Line M? 13 Length 2.17 Mites Cost *542,000

BLACK R/VER

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Park

L ine 77? 15 • 1 Length 0.21 Mites | ] Cost & /67,550.

NORTH WATERTOWN ROUTE

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i Length t.t7 Mites Cost ^ 374,900.

BLACK RIVER BAY

BLACK RIVER

LAKE ONTARIO

L ine At? 44 Length 4.29 Mites Cost# 1,075,100.

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L/ne At?43 Length / 94 Mites Cost * 7576.440.

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Line it? 4/ Length 4.95 Mites Cost #3,090, /00.

Line At? H L ength 4. t& Mites >> Cost #2,562,100.

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BLACK RIVER

Line M? 22 Length /. 73 Mites Cost #320,650.

Black River Village

Felts Mills

Great Bend

Line /V?2€ Length /. 55 Mites Cost # t, 136,400.

BLACK RIVER

Line M? 24-Length 2.65 Mites Cost * 460,600.

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-L1 Line At?/9 I Length 0.66Mites | Cost * 3,000.

Line At? 35 Length 0.32 Mites Cost #55,650.

Line R? 23 Length 4.92 Mttes Cost*/,457,300.

Line At? 27 Length 0.80Mites Cost #493,400.

BLACK RtVER

BLACK RIVER

L ine M? 36 L ength 0.36 Mites

Cost #392,000.

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BLACK R/VER

Line At9 29 Length 5.65Mites Cost* 1.702,100.

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BLACK RIVER BAY

MUSKALONQ%

MUSKALONGE

BLACK R/VER BAY

Line N9 5 L engthF. 6/ Mi/es Cost *850,200.

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⁴ Lergth 4.98 Mi/es Cost *2,646,300.

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L ength 2.56 Miies Cost# t/49/,/00.

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Line At? 6. Length 2.74 Miles Cost#1,2/3,700.

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L ine At? 8 Length2.8/ Mi/es Cost#/,448,300.

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Line M? 2 Length 5.63Mttes I it* Cost#989,900.    *

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^ Line At?3 length 5.60Miles Cost*/, 005,500.

Line M Length 4.29Mi/es Cost *2,2/6,700.

Line At942 Length4.77 Mi/es Cost *3,158,600.

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Line M? /5 Length0.96 Mi/es Cost #645,500.

Line M? 3/ Length L/8 Mi/es Cost #/9/,600.

BLACK RIVER

East Watertown

L ine N9 2o Length 1.81 Mites Cost#328,750.

Line M2 2/ Length 0.89 Mites Cost *1,074,400.

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Line /V9 28 Length t.24 Mites Cost *357,250.

Line M? 25 Length /. 68 Mi/es

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Line At? 32    ¹

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Cost# 48,/OO. .

Line M? /6 L ength 0.7/ Mites Cost *583,400.

Line At? 33 ¹Length 0.79Mites J Cost*t97,too.

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L ine At? 34 Length C. 44Mi/es Cost * 4,350.

Line M? 39 Length 2.65Mi/es Cost *384,400.

MEADOW ROUTE

Line At? /8 I Length 0.35 Mi/es    I

Cost* 94,600.

RUT LA AID HOLLOW

Line M? 37 Length 7.76Mi/es Cost *4,462,250.

Line M? 38 Length 3.46Miles Cost *541,700.

Line At? 40. Length 5.4t Mi/es Cost # 729,600.

Line M? 30 Length 3.6 Miles Cost *459,500.

Line At? 17 Length t.72 Mi/es Cost*/,275,400.

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Basin Route.— Line 43. Line No. 43.— Length, 1.81 miles.

Rock excavation, 642,385 cu. yds. at $1.50

Locks — lifts, 30 ft.- 26 ft.- 10 ft........

Land damages.........................

$963,600

609,000

3,840

Total

$1,576,440

Cost of route

$1,576,440 '

Line No. 48.— Length, 4.55 miles.

City River Route.—" Line 42.

Rock excavation, 559,800 cu. yds. at $2.50.........

Locks — lifts, 6 ft.- 34 ft.- 17 ft - 19 ft.- 7 ft - 30 ft.

Bridges— 1 railroad lift, 1 highway lift............

Land damages..................................

$1,399,500

1,110,000

115,000

534,100

Total

$3,158,600

Cost of route

Rutland Hollow Route.— Lines 37, 38, 39 and 40. Line No. 87.— Length, 7.76 miles

Earth excavation, 790,500 cu. yds. at 35c...........................

Rock excavation, 1,435,900 cu. yds. at $1.50........................

Embankment, 381,500 cu. yds. at 15c..............................

Locks — lift, 32 ft.- 32 ft - 32 ft - 32 ft.- 32 ft - 20 ft - 20 ft - 26 ft...

Dams..........................................................

Bridges — 4 highway at $12,000...................................

Land damages...................................................

$3,158,600

$276,700 2,153,850 57,300 1,910 000 • 0

48,000 16,400

Total

$4,462,250

Line No. 38.— Length, 3.46 miles.

Earth excavation, 1,176,200 cu. yds. at 35c...............

Rock excavation.......................................

Embankment, 417,900 cu. yds. at 15c....................

Locks................................................

Dams................................................

Bridges — 5 highway at $12,000.........................

Land damages.........................................

$411,700

|

62,700

(I

60,000

7,300

Total

$541,700

Line No. 89.— Length, 2.65 miles.

Earth excavation, 346,900 cu. yds. at 35c

Rock excavation......................

Embankment, 1,394,800 cu. yds. at 15c..

Locks...............................

Dams...............................

Bridges — 4 highway at $12,000........

Land damages........................

$121,500

0

209,300

48,000

5,600

Vol. I —12

Line No. 40.— Length, 5.41 miles.

Earth excavation, 1,785,300 cu. yds. at 35c...............

Rock excavation.......................................

Embankment, 300,800 cu. yds. at 15c....................

Locks................................................

Dams...............................................

Bridges — 4 highway...................................

Land damages.........................................

$624,900

45,200

(l

48,000

11,500

Total

$729,600

Line No. 37 Line No. 39 Line No. 40

Summary.— Lines chosen, 37, 39 and 40.

$4,462,250

384,400

729,600

Grand total

$5,576,250

ESTIMATE OF COSTS OF SELECTED ROUTES.

Full Barge canal size of prism and locks 28 feet wide by 188 feet long, between gates.

Muskalonge Creek Route.— Lines 5, 6, 7, 8 and 36. Line No. 5.— Length, 2.61 miles.

Earth excavation, 475,200 cu. yds. at 35c. Rock excavation, 272,100 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment, 35,700 cu. yds. at 15c.....

Locks — lift, 31 ft.....................

Dams.................................

Bridges — 1 highway....................

Land damages.........................

$166,300

408,200

5,400

188,000

|

12,000

3,300

Total

$783,200

Line No. 6.— Length, 2.74 miles.

Earth excavation, 154,700 cu. yds. at 35c. Rock excavation, 315,300 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment, 245,500 cu. yds. at 15c.....

Locks — lift, 30 ft.- 25 ft.- 15 ft..........

Dams.................................

Bridges— 1 highway....................

Land damages.........................

$54,200

473,000

36,800

468,000

12,000

5,700

Total

$1,049,700

Line No. 7.— Length, 2.56 miles.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 493,000 cu. yds. at $1.50 Embankment, 168,100 cu. yds. at 15c. . . . Locks — lift, 30 ft.- 15 ft.- 15 ft - 10 ft...

Dams..............

Bridges — 1 highway Land damages......

$739,500

25,200

523,000

12,000

5.400

Line No. 8.— Length, 2.81 miles.

Earth excavation, 200,600 cu. yds. at 35c. Rock excavation, 597,400 cu. yds. at $1.50

$70,200

896,100

14,000

264,000

83,000

24,000

6,000

Embankment, 93,000 cu. yds. at 15c......

Locks — lift, 15 ft.- 20 ft...............

Lining canal prism......................

Bridges — 2 highway...................

Land damages.........................

Total

$1,357,300

Line No. 36.— Length, 0.36 mile.

Earth excavation.....................

Rock excavation, 69,840 cu. yds. at $2.50 Embankment........................

$174,600

Locks — lift, 8 ft

Dams, 2........

Bridges.........

Land damages.. .

88,000

92,000

0

2,400

Total

$357,000

Line No. 5. Line No. 6 Line No. 8 Line No. 36

Summary.— Lines chosen, 5, 6, 8 and 36.

$783,200

1,049,700

1,357,300

357,000

Grand total

$3,547,200

North Watertown Route.— Lines 9 and 11. Line No. 9.— Length, 0.21 mile.

Earth excavation.....................

Rock excavation, 3,500 cu. yds. at $2.50. Rock excavation, 50,600 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment........................

Locks...............................

Dams...............................

Bridges — 2 railroad, 1 highway........

Land damages........................

$8,750

75,900

82,0C0

Dim

Total

$167,550

Line No. 11.— Length, 1^.18 miles.

$254,700

1,021,100

24,000

761,000

208,000

26,900

Earth excavation, 727,700 cu. yds. at 35c.....

Rock excavation, 680,700 cu. yds. at $1.50.. . .

Embankment, 159,900 cu. yds. at 15c........

Locks — lift, 12 ft.- 20 ft.- 20 ft - 30 ft - 30 ft

Dams....................................

Bridges — 4 city, 3 railroad.................

Land damages.............................

Total

$2,295,700

Line No. 9 Line No. 11

Summary.— Lines chosen, 9 and 11.

$167,550

2,295,700

Black River Route.— Lines 19, 20, 35, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. Line No. 19.— Length, 0.66 mile.

Earth excavation....................

M

CO

Rock excavation, 2,000 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment.......................

Locks..............................

Dams..............................

Bridges.............................

Land damages.......................

Total

$3,000

Line No. 20.— Length, 1.81 miles.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 46,300 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment, 1,800 cu. yds. at 15c.....

Locks — lift, 18 ft....................

Dams................................

Bridges..............................

Land damages........................

$69

,450

300

134

79

000

Total

$282,750

Line No. 35.— Length, 0.32 mile.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 36,500 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment........................

Locks...............................

Dams...............................

Bridges..............................

Land damages........................

Total

$55,650

Line No. 21.— Length, 0.89 mile.

Earth excavation.......................

Rock excavation, 397,400 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks —lift, 18 ft.-20 ft................

Dams.................................

Bridges — 2 highway, 2 railroad.........

Land damages.........................

$596,100

277,000

0

104,000

2,300

Total

$879,400

Line No. 22.— Length, 1.73 miles.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 281,100 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment...........................

Locks —lift, 22 ft - 16 ft................

Dams, 2...............................

Bridges — 2 highway, 2 railroad..........

Land damages..........................

$421,650

276,000

63,000

64,000

Line No. 23.— Length, 4-92 miles.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 515,000 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks.................................

Dams, 1...............................

Bridges................................

Land damages..........................

$772,500

445,000

44,000

24,000

10,800

Total

$1,296,300

Line No. 24-— Length, 2.65 miles.

Earth excavation......................

$480,600

Rock excavation, 320,400 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks.................................

Dams..............................

Bridges................................

Land damages..........................

Total

$480,600

Line No. 25.— Length, 1.68 miles.

Earth excavation.......................

Rock excavation, 225,400 cu. yds. at $1.50 Embankment, 122,400 cu. yds. at 15c.

Locks — lift, 16 ft.- 16 ft................

Dams, 1...............................

Bridges — 1 highway....................

Land damages..........................

$338,100

18,400

250,000

54,000

12,000

3,600

Total

$676,100

Line No. 26.— Length, 1.55 miles.

Earth excavation.......................

Rock excavation, 430,200 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment.........................

Locks — lift, 24 ft.- 25 ft...............

Dams.................................

Bridges — 1 highway, 1 railroad.........

Land damages..........................

$645,30°

0

323,000

0

52,000

4,100

Total

$1,024,400

Line No. 27.— Length, 0.80 mile.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 119,600 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment..........................

Locks — lift, 32 ft.......................

Dams, 1...............................

Bridges................................

Land damages..........................

$179,400

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191,000

54,000

Line No. 29.— Length, 5.65 miles.

Earth excavation......................

Rock excavation, 557,400 cu. yds. at $1.50 Embankment.........................

Locks — lift, 16 ft.- 27 ft.- 26 ft

Dams and retaining wall, 1.....

Bridges — 1 city, 2 railroad.....

Land damages.................

$836,100

0

464,or0 137,000 102,000

Line No. 28.— Length, 1.24 miles.

Earth excavation.....................

Rock excavation, 80,900 cu. yds. at $1.50

Embankment, 5,800 cu. yds. at 15c.....

Locks — lift, 17 ft....................

Dams, 1.............................

Bridges — 1 highway..................

Land damages........................

$121,350

90(1

129,000

49,000

12,000

Total

$312,250

Total

$1,539,100

Line No. 19, Line No. 20 Line No. 35 Line No. 21 Line No. 23 Line No. 24 Line No. 26 Line No. 29,

Summary.— Lines chosen, 19, 20, 35, 21, 23, 24, 26 and 29.

$3,000

282,750

55,650

879,400

1,296,300

480,600

1,024,400

1,539,100

Grand total

$5,561,200

ENTIRE CANAL EXTENSION (CARTHAGE TO SACKETTS HARBOR).

Summary.

Black River route — lines 19, 20, 35, 21, 23, 24, 26 and 29

North Watertown route — lines 9 and 11................

Muskalonge Creek route — lines 5, 6, 8 and 36...........

$5,561,200

2,463,250

3,547,200

W ater-supply

$11,571,650

600,000

20 per cent for contingencies

$12,171,650

2,434,330

Total

$14,605,980

Say

$14,600,000

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SANFORD CORNERS ROUTE

Dexter

ixi

DEXTER g ROUTE

Park

I Line At? 9 , I Length 0.2/Mites I | Cost* /67,550.

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Line N? LO L ength S. 25 Mites --Cost*3,/27, 600.--

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Line At? L3 Length 2./7Mites Cost* 496,000.

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BLACK R/VER

NORTH WATERTOWN ROUTE

Line At? i2---1---

! Length U7Mites    i

Cost* 374,900.

Line it⁹ 22 Length t.73Mites Cost *824,650.

BLACK RIVER BAY

BLACK RIVER

L ine N?44 Length 429Mi/es Cost*/, 036,100.

BASIN ROUTE

Line N?4L Length 4.95 Mites Cost *2,774^00.

Line At?tt L ength 4. L8 Mites Cost*2,295,700.

4-

BUCK R/VER

Black River Village

Line At* 26 Length /. 55 Mi/es Cost*1,024,400.

Felts Mills

8 SLACK RIVER

Line N? 24

gj i Length 2.65Mites I Cost *460,600.

Defer iet

CARTHAGE

rt

*d

BLACK R/VER

i"

BLACK RIVER

| BLACK RIVER

BLACK R/YER

Line N?43 Length /.94 Mi/es Cost *1,4/5,440.

BLACK RIVER

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Line At?/3 Length 0.66Mites Cost * 3, 000.

BLACK R/VER

Line At? 35 . length 0.32Mites Cost* SS,6S0.

Line A/923 L ength 4.92 Mi/es Cost *1,296, 300.

Line N?27m Length 0.80 Antes Cost *424.400.

CUT-OFF

CREEK

Line At?36 I Length0.36Mties | Cost*357,000.

BLACK R/VER

eft

ville

MUSKALONQ% |

« BLACK RIVER BAY MLtSKALOMGE

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Line At? 7 Length.2.56 Mites Cost*/,305,100.

creek

&OUTE

b

eft

Line At942 Length 4.77 Mites i j    Cost *2,860.6OO.

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** BLACK R/VER BAY

[ Line At?5    \

1 Length2.6i M/ies [ Cost*783,200.

Line At? S L eng/h.2.74MHe s Cost* 1049,700.

Line N? 8 Length2.8/ Mites Cost*/,356,300

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■’•a

i!

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L ine At? /5 L ength O.96 Mites Cost *645,500.

Line At? 3i length US At ties Cost*19/,600.

II

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East Watertown

Line N?20 Length L8t Miles Cost*282.750.

Line At? 2/ Length 0.89Mi/es Cost *979,400.

BLACK

RIVER

DEFER/ET CUT-OFF

I BLACK R/YER

Line N? 28 | Length L 24 Mi/es J ' Cost* 3/2,250.

Line At? 29 Length 565 Mites Cost */,S39,/00.

Line At?25 Length i.68Mi/es

R O UTE Cost *S76>/00-    |

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MILL CREEK

f Line At?i •S L ength 4.98 Mi/es    r*

L Cost*2,583,300.    ^

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Line N92 i 2 Length 5.63 M/ies    £

Cost»9/Z,900.    *

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VAMP'S DITCH* 3ROUTE

Line /V?32 Length 0.23Mi/es Cost*48,100.

Line tV94-Length 1.58 Mites Cost* 390,500.

Line N? i6 L engM 0.7i Mi/es Cost*583,400.

Line At?33 Length0.73 Mites Cost*197,/00.

BLACK R/VER |

I Line At? 34 | Length 0.44 Mites . 1 Cost*4,350.

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HOLEOW

L/ne N? 39 Length 2.65Mi/es Cost *384400.

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RUTLAND ROLLON

Line At? 37 Length 7.76Mites Cost* 3,980,250.

Line At?40 Length 5.4/Mites Cost *729,600.

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At

L ine N?3__

/ ength.560Mties | L Cost*928,500.

Line tt.°i4 Length 4:29 Mi/es . Cos/*/,943,700.

BEAVER

MEADOW ROUTE

, Line At? !8    ¹

IL ength 0.35Mite s L ‘__

| Cost*94,600.    ]

Line At? 38 Length 3.46 M/ies Cost *54/,700.

Line N?30 L ength 3.6 Mites _Cost *459j500.

Line N9/7 Length 172 Mi/es Cost*1,275,400.

Black River Survey

SACKETTS HARBOR TO CARTHAGE For Proposed Canal Extension

( Chapter 190 Laws of 1911J

Diagram to Facilitate Comparison of Routes

Cost includes Locks 28* 188' (between gates)

To accompany Annual Report of Stgt« Epgipeer aSurvtyor

REPORT

OF

Cooperation of United States Geological

Survey

WITH

STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK

1912

Cooperative Topographic Survey of New York.

Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington.

Office of the Director.

November 6, 1912.

Hon. John A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor, Albany, New York:

Sir.— I have the honor to transmit herewith a report made by Frank Sutton, Geographer in charge of the Atlantic Division of this Survey, on results of topographic work prosecuted in the State of New York during the year January 1, 1912, to December 31, 1912.

This report gives merely the facts concerning the results accomplished and if you desire fuller details concerning the work, or explanation of cooperation to he embodied in the report over your signature, this Survey will be glad to furnish such data.

Very respectfully,

GEO. H. ASHLEY

Acting Director.

Report of Topographic Surveys in Cooperation Between the United States Geological Survey and the State of Yew York for the Calendar Year Ended December 31, 1912.

In accordance with the cooperative agreement signed August •24, 1912, by George Otis Smith, Director, for the United States Geological Survey, and John A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor, August 28, 1912, for the State of Yew York, the Eederal Survey allotted $10,000 and the State $10,000, for cooperative topographic surveys in the State of Yew York during the fiscal year July 1, 1912, to June 30, 1913:

The following is a summary of the field and office work accomplished during the above period under the general direction of R. B. Marshall, Chief Geographer, and under the immediate supervision of Erank Sutton, Geographer of the Atlantic Division.

The work from January 1 to June 30, 1912, was continued under the appropriation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1912, the results accomplished during the first six months of that year being given in the report of the State Engineer and Surveyor for

1911.

Field Work.

Primary

Levels.

Traverse.

SoSwSSS E J Quadrangle No.

Quadrangle.

COUNTIES.

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St. Lawrence.......

Chateaugay... Franklin and Clinton.

Corning.......Steuben.............

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Miles.

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Ellenburg.....

Gouverneur. . . Number Four..

wrence.........

Franklin and Clinton.

St. Lawrence.........

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The following members of the United 'States Geological Survey were engaged in the field work:

Topographic Mapping:

*T. F. McBeth, topographer.

J. M. Whitman, topographer.

W. H. S. Morey, assistant topographer.

T. F. Slaughter, assistant topographer.

Roscoe Reeves, junior topographer.

E. E. Witherspoon, junior topographer.

Primary Traverse and Triangulation: 0. B. Kendal], topographer.

Levels:

R. A. Iviger, assistant topographer.

H. S. Senseney, junior topographer. K. W. Trimble, topographic aid.

Office Work.

The office drafting of the Dannemora, Lowville and Lyon Mountain topographic maps was completed and the maps transmitted for engraving prior to December 31, 1912.

The adjustment of the levels for the Ellenburg quadrangle was completed and the field notes typewritten and prepared for publication.

Final computations for the geodetic positions of the Corning quadrangle were completed and prepared for publication.

Final computations for the geographic positions of the Bonaparte, Gouverneur, Chateaugay and Ellenburg quadrangles were completed and the results typewritten and prepared for publication.

Department of tite Interior, United States Geological Survey, Washington.

Office of the Director.

November 13, 1912.

Mr. Arnold G. Chapman, Deputy State Engineer, A lbany, New Y orb:

Sir.— In reply to your letter of November 9:

There is enclosed herewith a detailed report of topographic work in the State of New York, to he embodied in the State Engineer’s annual report. This report is supplementary to the report sent the State Engineer on November G.

Very respectfully,

GEO. OTIiS SMITH,

Director.

COOPERATIVE TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF THE STATE OE NEW YORK.

(Supplementary to the report furnished the State Engineer and Surveyor, November 6, 1912.)

Prior to January 1, 1912, there had been surveyed 222 quadrangles, representing the topography of 42,374 square miles, and there was mapped, in addition, 66 square miles on two partially surveyed sheets. To the close of the present year, therefore, there have been surveyed and mapped 225 quadrangles, representing the topography of 43,024 square miles.

There have been engraved and published to the close of the present year 247 atlas sheets, covering an area of 41,733 square miles. A number of these sheets are combinations of the separate atlas sheets or are reductions of the same on the less detailed scale of about two miles to one inch. These smaller scale maps arc found most useful, as each represents within the limits of an atlas sheet of convenient size an (area four times as great as that represented upon the larger scale maps, or about 880 square miles per sheet. These additional sheets are published by the Federal Survey at no expense to the State.

All the atlas sheets completed during 1911 were drawn up in the office during the winter of 1911-1912 and were turned over to the engraver for publication. Those remaining in the hands of the engraver are the following, representing an area of 641 square miles:

Sheet names.

Counties.

Area.

Lowville.......

Lyon Mountain Dannemora... .

Lewis..............

Clinton and Franklin Clinton............

Square miles. 215.51 212.82 212.82

Total

641.15

Attached hereto is a list of all published topographic maps in the State of New York, to December 31, 1912, together with the Dannemora, Lowvillc and Lyon Mountain sheets, which it is expected will be published during the coming year.

Published Topographic Maps in New York State.

NAME OF ATLAS SHEET.

Position of Southeast Corner of Sheet.

Area

covered.

Contour

interval.

Scale.

Latitude.

Longitude.

Albany a.......................

Albany and vicinity a............

Albion..........................

Alexandria Bay..................

Amsterdam.....................

Angelica b.......................

Antwerp........................

Apalachin ......................

Attica..........................

Auburn.........................

Ausable d.......................

Babylon ........................

Baldwinsville....................

Batavia........................

Bath...........................

Berlin (N. Y.- Mass.- Vt.) /.......

Berne..........................

Big Moose......................

Binghamton.....................

Blue Mountain..................

Bolton..........................

Boonville.....'..................

Brier Hill.......................

Broadalbin......................

Brockport.......................

Brooklyn g......................

Buffalo h........................

Caledonia.......................

Cambridge (N. Y.-Vt.) i.........

Canada Lake. Name changed — See West Canada Lakes.

Canajoharie.....................

Canandai Canton. .

Cape Vincent........

Carmel (N. Y.- Conn.)

Carthage............

Castleton (Vt.- N. Y.)

Catatonk j...........

atskill..............

Cazenovia...........

Chautauqua..........

Cherry Creek.........

Chittenango..........

Clayton.............

Clove (N. Y.- Conn.).

Clyde...............

Clymer..............

Cohoes k.............

Cooperstown.........

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a Albany and vicinity map includes Albany, Cohoes, Schenectady and Troy sheets. b Shows wooded areas.

c Apalachin, Dryden, Harford and Owego sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Catatonk sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

d Mount Marcy and vicinity map includes Ausable, Elizabethtown, Lake Placid and Mount Marcy sheets. Mount Marcy and vicinity forestry map uses the same base.

e Babylon, Fire Island, Northport and Setauket sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Islip sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

/Berlin and Hoosick sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Taconic sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

g New York City and vicinity map includes Brooklyn, Harlem, Paterson, Staten Island, and parts of Hempstead, Oy3ter Bay and Sandy Hook sheets.

h Niagara River and vicinity map includes parts of all sheets bordering on Niagara river. i Cambridge, Fort Ann and Pawlet sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Mettawee sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

j Apalachin, Dryden, Harford and Owego sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Catatonk sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

k Albany and vicinity map includes Albany, Cohoes, Schenectady and Troy shee ts.

Published Topcgraphic Maps in New York State — Continued.

NAME OF ATLAS SHEET.

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l Cornwall sheet, on scale of 1 : 62,500, has been reduced and forms part of Litchfield sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

m Apalachin, Dryden, Harford and Owego sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Catatonk sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

n Mount Marcy and vicinity map includes Ausable, Elizabethtown, Lake Placid and Mount Marcy sheets. Mount Marcy and vicinity forestry map uses the same base.

o Elmira, Ithaca, Watkins and Waverly sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Watkins Glen sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

p Babylon, Fire Island, Northport and Setauket sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Islip sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

q Cambridge, Fort Ann and Pawlet sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Mettawee sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

r Oswego special sheet includes parts of Oswego and Fulton sheets.

Apalachin, Dryden, Harford and Owego sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Catatonk sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

t New York City and vicinity map includes Brooklyn, Harlem, Paterson, Staten Island, and parts of Hempstead, Oyster Bay and Sandy Hook sheets.

u Berlin and Hoosick sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Taconic sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

v Pittsfield and Sheffield sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

w Babylon, Fire Island, Northport and Setauket sheets, on scale of 1 : 02,500, have been reduced and form Islip sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000r

Published Topographic Maps in New York State — Continued.

NAME OF ATLAS SHEET.

Position of Southeast Corner of Sheet.

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Published Topographic Maps in New Ycrk State — Continued.

NAME OF ATLAS SHEET.

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i Niagara River and vicinity includes parts of all sheets bordering on Niagara river. j Babylon, Fire Island, Northport and Setauket sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been and form Islip sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

k Lockport, Niagara Falls, Olcott, Tonawanda and Wilson sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Niagara sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

I Rochester special sheet includes parts of Rochester and Ontario Beach sheets. m Oswego special sheet includes parts of Oswego and Fulton sheets.

n Apalachin, Dryden, Harford and Owego sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Catatonk sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

o New York City and vicinity map includes Brooklyn, Harlem, Paterson, Staten Island of Hempstead, Oyster Bay and Sandy Hook sheets.

p Paterson and Staten Island sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Passaic sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

q Cambridge, Fort Ann and Pawlot sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Mettawee sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

r Pittsfield and Sheffield sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts gf Housatonic sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

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Published Topographic Maps in New Ycrk State — Continued.

NAME OF ATLAS SHEET.

Position of Southeast Corner of Sheet.

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Riverhead..................

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Staten Island (N. J.- N. Y.) z a.. . Stonington (Conn.- R. I.- N. Y.). .

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u New Brunswick and Sandy Hook sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Naversink sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

* Shows wooded areas.

w Albany and vicinity map includes Albany, Cohoes, Schenectady and Troy sheets. x Babylon, Fire Island, Northport and Setauket sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Islip sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

y Pittsfield and Sheffield sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Housatonic sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

z New York City and vicinity map includes Brooklyn

, Harlem, Paterson, Staten Island, and parts

of Hempstead, Oyster Bay and Sandy Hook sheets.

a Paterson and Staten Island sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Passaic sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

b Berlin and Hoosick sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Taconic sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

c Lockport, Niagara Falls, Olcott, Tonawanda and Wilson sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Niagara sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

d Niagara Falls and vicinity map includes Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Wilson sheets. e Niagara River and vicinity map includes parts of all sheets bordering on Niagara river.

/ Albany and vicinity map includes Albany, Cohoes, Schenectady and Troy sheets.

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x Elmira, Ithaca, Watkins and Waverly sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Watkins Glen sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000. y Shows wooded areas.

z Mount Marcy and vicinity map includes Ausable, Elizabethtown, Lake Placid and Mount Marcy sheets. Mount Marcy and vicinity forestry map uses the same base.

a Cornwall sheet, on scale of 1 : 62,500, has been reduced and forms part of Litchfield sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

b Lockport, Niagara Falls, Olcott, Tonawanda and Wilson sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Niagara sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

c Cambridge, Fort Ann and Pawlet sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Mettawee sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

d Mount Marcy and vicinity map includes Ausable, Elizabethtown, Lake Placid and Mount Marcy sheets. Mount Marcy and vicinity forestry map uses the same base.

e New Brunswick and Sandy Hook sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Navesink sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

/ New York City and vicinity map includes Brooklyn, Harlem, Paterson, Staten Island, and parts of Hempstead, Oyster Bay and Sandy Hook sheets.

g Lockport, Niagara Falls, Olcott, Tonawanda and Wilson sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Niagara sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

h Niagara Falls and vicinity map includes Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Wilson sheets.

Published, Topographic Maps in New York Slate — Concluded.

NAME OF ATLAS SHEET.

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g Elmira, Ithaca, Watkins, and Waverly sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form Watkins Glen sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

h Lockport, Niagara Falls, Olcott, Tonawanda and Wilson sheets, on scale of 1 : 62,500, have been reduced and form parts of Niagara sheet, on scale of 1 : 125,000.

t Niagara Falls and vicinity map includes Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and Wilson sheets.

INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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PAGE.

Diagram, progress of Barge canal work by years to Oct. 1, 1912 (page) . .    11

Diagram, progress of Barge canal work to Jan. 1, 1913 (page)..........

Progress curve and engineering cost of Barge canal construction (page) ..    15

Diagram, capacity of Barge canal lock (page)..............

Sketch, relative capacities, Barge and present canal locks....

Siphon spillway, movable dam and lock No. 12, at Whitehall

Completed Delta dam and reservoir........................

Map and profile, showing limits and designations of Barge canal contracts. 22

Concrete arch bridge at Broadway, Fulton.........

Lock No. 17, at Little Falls, view from south......

Pendleton guard-gate ...........................

Map showing present canal cut off from Barge canal

Six miles of Barge canal near Whitehall.........

Ceneral map of proposed Black River canal extension (page).......... 35

Site of Barge canal entrance into Hudson river.................

Completed Barge canal at Hudson river entrance...............

Completed Barge canal at Waterford, near lock No. 3...........

Prism in rock cut near Waterford land line entrance in Mohawk.

Guard-gate at head of land line between Hudson and Mohawk. . .

Cranesville movable dam in operation..........................

Site of lock No. 17, at Little Falls............................

Lock No. 17, at Little Falls, view from west...................

Site of canal at Little Falls..................................

Completed canal at Little Falls...............................

Railroad bridge abutments at lock No. 19, near Frankfort.......

Site of lock No. 12, at Whitehall.............................

Lock No. 12, at Whitehall....................................

Device for trimming banks, contract No. 43...................

Prism excavation by double-cableway drag-line excavator........

Lock No. 22, near New London, under construction.............

Steam entrance paving and prism excavation, contract No. 44. . . .

Draft tube forms, lock No. 23.................................

Pile protection to excavation, lock No. 25, May’s Point.........

Fulton dam and floating concrete mixer.......................

Lock No. 3, at Fulton, view of progress.......................

Power house, lock No. 2, at Fulton...........................

Lock No. 7, at Oswego, view of progress........................

Lock No. 5, at Minetto, view of progress and concrete distribution

Protection dike at Minetto ..................................

Delta reservoir dam.........................................

Delta dam and flight of locks.................................

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18

20

24

2(i

28

30

32

06

08

74

70

78

82

98

100

102

104

106

124

120

100

102

164

104

100

174

170

178

184

180

188

190

192

FACING

PAGE.

Hinckley reservoir dam — core wall and part of embankment...........

Map of Black River Survey, showing routes estimated..................

Lock No. 26 and Clyde river dam, near Clyde..........................

Newark dock, approach and retaining wall...........................

Calloway’s bridge, contract No. 77....................................

Concrete slope protection, Macedon bridge............................

Knapp’s bridge, near Fairport ......................................

By-pass outlet, lock No. 33, near Rochester............................

Spillway and power house foundation, lock No. 33, near Rochester......

Spillway, lower drop, lock No. 33, near Rochester......................

Hulberton rubble walls .............................................

Completed prism near Gasport.......................................

Lake avenue bridge approach, Lockport...............................

Lock No. 34, at Lockport, view from Pine street bridge................

Locks Nos. 34 and 35, at Lockport, view through chamber..............

Abutment, Main street bridge, Lockport..............................

Map of Black River Survey, between Sacketts Harbor and Carthage.....

Diagram, comparison of routes, 45' x 328' locks, proposed Black River

canal extension ..................................................

Diagram, comparison of routes, 28'x 188' locks, proposed Black River

canal extension .................

Canal map of the State of New York

Map of Barge canal terminals......

U. S. Geological Survey, progress map of New York State. In pocket at cover

196

202

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234

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238

240

242

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258

260

262

330

352

358

Tn pocket at cover In pocket at cover

I N DEX.

Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of New York, 1912.

A.

PAGES.

Albany, armory site, survey...............................

Albany, Barge canal terminal...............................

Amsterdam, Barge canal terminal..........................

Architect, State, testing for................................

Armory Commission, survey for, at Albany..................

Assessment, Board of Equalization of. State Engineer’s duties Attorney-General, work for ................................

70

33, 278, 270 33, 278, 270 . . .. 45, 201

70

8, 43, 65,    69

B.

Barge canal:

Bridge over Mohawk, between Coboes and Schenectady Bridges, concerning cost..

Bureau of hydraulics.....

Cayuga arid Seneca canal:

Contract A ......

Contract B ......

Contract C ......

Contract D ......

Contract H ......

Contract I ......

Surveys ........

Champlain canal:

Contract No. 1.. .

Contract No. 3...

Contract No. 3-A.

Contract No. 7. . .

Contract No. 15..

Contract No. 16..

Contract No. 24. .

Contract No. 25..

Contract No. 26..

Contract No. 27 . .

Contract No. 27-A Contract No. 32..

Contract No. 33..

Contract No. 54..

Contract No. 56. .

36

19

42,46-7

.....61, 198, 199,221

61, 198, 200, 201,221

...........198,201-2

............ 198,202

.....61, 198, 201,221

.....61, 201, 202,221

............ 198-9

57, 118, 119,148 .. .. 57, 118,148

118

118

.......55, 124-6, 128,147

58, 118, 119, 124, 126,149 .. .. 58, 118, 119, 120,149 .. 58, 124, 126. 127-8, 149

118

...........58, 118, 149

58,    118, 119, 120-2, 149

.............. 118,124

.......55, 124, 128,147

59,    118, 119, 122-4,149 ...........59, 118, 149

Barge canal— (Continued) :

Champlain canal— (Continued) :

Contract No. 68............

Contract No. 69............

Contract No. 70............

Contract No. 71............

Contract No. 72............

Contract No. 73............

Contract No. 88............

Contract No. 90............

Contract No. 92.. ..........

Completed sections ............

Completion of work............

Connections, old and new canals, Rome and Mohawk, recommended ................................................

PAGES.

.55, 108, 109-10, 147 ..60, 108, 110-2,149 ..60, 108, 112-3,149 ..60, 108, 113-4,150 ..60, 108, 115-6,150 55, 108-9, 116-7,147 ..60, 109, 117-8,150 ..60, 124, 128-9,150

118

28

9, 13, 14,25

31

Contracts completed, by divisions:

Eastern division .............

Middle division ..............

Western division ............

Contracts pending, by divisions:

Eastern division .............

Middle division ..............

Western d.ivision ............

Engineering and contingencies, cost Engineering expenses. (fiee “Engineering expenses.”) Erie canal:

Contract No. 2.. .

Contract No. 2-E.

Contract No. 4.. .

Contract No. 4-B.

Contract No. 5-A.

Contract No. 6...

Contract No. 7.. .

Contract No. 8.. .

Contract No. 8-A.

Contract No. 9...

Contract No. 11..

Contract No. 12 ..

Contract No. 13..

Contract No. 14. .

Contract No. 14-R Contract No. 16..

Contract No. 17..

Contract No. 18.. .

Contract No. 18-A Contract No. 19..

Contract No. 20-A Contract No. 20-B Contract No. 20-C

55,147 55,219 55,272

57. 58, 59, 60, l .57, 58, 59, 60, .....58, 59, 60,

•\ P“H

r— ZZ O

148-50 , 220-1 , 273-4 20-2, 26

.......    57,148

....57, 73-5, 148

....... 165,222

.....55, 165,219

...57,173-4,220 55, 236, 244,272

222

............57,79,82-4, 149

..............57, 79, 84, 149

...........55, 250, 252, 272

...........57, 73, 76-7, 149

. . .57, 165-7, 170—1, 220, 222

......57, 98, 149, 167-8, 220

57,79,80-1, 93, 94,95-7, 149

.............55,79,82, 147

.............58, 73, 79, 149

...........58, 93, 94-5, 149

98

98

.. . .58,261-3,273 58,98,99-100, 149

.....58,85-7, 149

. .58, 85,87-9, 149

Barge canal— (Continued) :

Erie canal— (Continued) : Contract No. 20-D. . ..

Contract No. 21......

Contract No. 22......

Contract No. 22-A

Contract No. 23......

Contract No. 29......

Contract No. 30......

Contract No. 31......

Contract No. 33......

Contract No. 36......

Contract No. 38......

Contract No. 40......

Contract No. 41......

Contract No. 42......

Contract No. 43......

Contract No. 44......

Contract No. 45......

Contract No. 46......

Contract No. 47......

Contract No. 48......

Contract No. 49......

Contract No. 57......

Contract No. 59......

Contract No. 60......

Contract No. 61......

Contract No. 62......

Contract No. 63......

Contract No. 64......

Contract No. 65......

Contract No. 66.....

Contract No. 67.....

Contract No. 74.....

Contract No. 75.....

Contract No. 76.....

Contract No. 77.....

Contract No. 82.....

Contract No. 83.....

Contract No. 84.....

Contract No. 86. ... .

Contract No. 87.....

Contract No. 89.....

Contract No. 90.....

Contract No. 91.....

Contract No. 92.....

Contract No. 94.....

Contract No. 101 Contract No. 105....

PAGES.

. . . .58, 85, 90-2, 149 . .58,236, 242-3,273 .. . .58, 170, 171,220

......58, 172-3, 220

. .58,236,240-2,273

......58,105-7, 149

58,98,99, 102-5, 149 59, 98, 99, 100-2, 149

......55, 73,79,147

.55, 79, 84-5,97, 147

.......... 236,240

.59, 256, 259-60, 273

.......... 236,240

. .59, 105, 159-61,221

.......59, 161-3, 221

.......59, 163-5,221

........... 167,222

.......59, 174-5,221

.......59,227-9,273

. .59,227,229-31,273 . . .59,227,235-0,2 73 ........ 59, 168,221

236

59, 236, 244-6, 273 59, 236, 246-8, 273

.....59,250-2,273

59, 236, 237-9, 273 59, 250, 253-4, 273

.......250,252-3

.....59, 256-7,273

60,256,257-9, 273

73

60, 236, 248, 250. 255, 273

......60, 227, 232t-3, 273

......60, 227,233-5,274

......60,236, 243-4,274

.............. 261

.............. 227,229

..........60, 85, 93, 150

99

...............60,227,232, 274

60,124, 128,150, 169-70, 221.222

.................61, 73, 78, 150

.....................73,79,99

227

...................61, 168-9, 221

61, 236, 249-50. 255, 256, 260-1,274

Barge canal— (Continued) : Erie canal — (Continued) :

Contract No. 106.....

Contract No. 107.....

PAGES.

236,250, 255-6

99

Exhibits

Highway, Dunsbach Ferry to Forts Ferry Highway, Niskayuna to Vischer’s Ferry..

82

82

37-8

222

14-24, 25-7 24, 27 9, 238 29-31

Extra and unspecified work, middle division

Financial status .........................

Funds, additional, recommendation..........

Irondequoit creek break....................

Old canal lands, disposal of.................

Operating machinery, concerning cost........

Operation Commission ....................

Oswego canal:

Contract No. 10.......................

Contract No. 10-A.....................

Contract No. 10-B.....................

Contract No. 33.......................

Contract No. 35.......................

Contract No. 37.......................

Contract No. 39.......................

Contract No. 53.......................

Contract No. 78.......................

Contract No. 79.......................

Contract No. 80.......................

Contract No. 85.......................

Contract No. 90.......................

Contract No. 90-A.....................

Contract No. 104......................

Highway contract, adjacent to contract No. 78. .54, 176, 177, 185, 218 Highway contract, road A Highway contract, road B

Ox creek highways......

Pollution of waters.........

20

7-8

......57, 176, 177,220,222

....57,176,177-8, 220, 222

........57,    176, 178-9, 220

. .55,176,179, 219, 220, 222

........59,    187-8, 220,222

...........57, 189-90,221

........59,176,179-80, 221

.............176,180,222

. . . .55,176,180-1, 219, 222

..........55, 189,219, 222

....55,176, 181-2, 219,222

........60,    176, 182-3, 221

60,176,183-4, 188, 221, 222

......60, 176, 184, 191,221

..........61, 176, 185, 221

........56,    190,220

........56,    191,220

56, 176, 177, 186,220

42

Power-supply:

Contract No. 90.. .60, 124, 128-9, 150, 169-70, 176, 183-4, 188, 221, 222

60, 176, 184, 191,221

......61, 73, 78, 150

......73, 79, 99, 118

.......... 13,25

Contract No. 90-A

Contract No. 91..........

Contract No. 92..........

Progress of w'ork.............

Progress table, middle division

Recommendations...........

Report of State Engineer......

Residencies, reports:

Cayuga and Seneca, No. 1. Cayuga and Seneca, No. 2.

Champlain, No. 1.........

Champlain, No. 2.........

158

24,27,28,31,36,99 ....9-39, 36,37, 42

198-201

201-2

108-18

118-24

Barge canal— (Continued) :

PAGES.

....    187-91

.191-2,196-7

Residencies, reports — (Continued) :

Champlain, No. 3.......................

Erie, No. 1.............................

Erie, No. 2............................

Erie, Moliawk river residency............

Erie, No. 3............................

Erie, No. 4............................

Erie, No. 4-A...........................

Eric, No. 5............................

Erie, No. 6............................

Erie, No. 7............................

Erie, No. 8.............................

Erie, No. 9............................

Erie, No. 10-A.........................

Erie, No. 10-B.........................

Erie, No. 11............................

Oswego, No. 1.........................

Oswego, No. 2.........................

Water-supply.........................

29

Sale of surplus waters......................

9-13

Status of work.............................

Terminals. (Nee “Barge canal terminals.”)

28

Termini, Federal connections, recommendation

27-8

Troy dam, status and recommendation........

Water-supply:

59, 192, 196-7,221,222 .. ..59, 192-3,221,222 ... .59, 194-5,221,222

......55, 195,219,222

......54, 157, 196,218

............ 31-2

Contract No. 50........................

Contract No. 51........................

Contract No. 55........................

Contract No. 55-R......................

Highways, Delta reservoir...............

Widening land line, recommended............

Barge canal terminals:

33, 278, 279 33,278,279 ..    33,278

. .    33, 278

..    33, 278

..    33,278

..53,282-7 33,278, 279 33,278,279 33, 278, 279 33,278,279 33,278,279 33,278,279 33, 278, 279 33, 278, 279

Albany (contract No. 2)....................

Amsterdam (contract No. 12)..............

Buffalo (Erie basin).......................

Constantia...............................

Cleveland................................

Dresden..................................

Engineering expenses ......................

Fonda (contract No. 10)...................

Fort Edward (contracts Nos. 7 and 7-A).....

Herkimer (contract No. 9)...................

Ilion (contract No. 11)....................

Ithaca (contract No. 1)....................

Little Falls (contract No. 3)................

Lockport (contract No. 17) .................

Mechanicville (contract No. 5)..............

New York city (Gowanus bay, Greenpoint and Port of Call) ..33,278,279

Contracts:

Bargs canal:

PAGES.

....61,198, 199,221 61, 198,200,201,221

.........198,201-2

.......... 198,202

....61,198, 201,221 ....61,201,202, 221

57, 118, 119, 148 .. . .57, 118, 148

118

118

......55,124-6,128, 147

58, 118, 119, 124, 126, 149 .. . .58, 118, 119, 120, 149 . .58, 124, 126, 127-8, 149

118

..........58, 118, 149

58,118, 119, 120-2, 149

............ 118,124

......55,124,128,147

59, 118,119, 122-4, 149

..........59, 118, 149

...55, 108, 109-10, 147 ....60,108, 110-2,149 .. . .60, 108, 112-3, 149 ....60, 108, 113-4, 150 ....60,108,115-6, 150 ..55, 108-9, 116-7, 147 .. . .60, 109, 117-8, 150 ....60,124,128-9,150

118

55,147 55,219 55,272

Cayuga and Seneca canal:

Contract A ......................

Contract B ......................

Contract C ......................

Contract D ......................

Contract H ......................

Contract I ......................

Champlain canal:

No. 1 ............................

No. 3 ............................

No. 3-A ..........................

No. 7 ............................

No. 15 ...........................

No. 16 ...........................

No. 24 ...........................

No. 25 ...........................

No. 26...........................

No. 27 ...........................

No. 27-A .........................

No. 32 ...........................

No. 33 ...........................

No. 54 ...........................

No. 56 ...........................

No. 68 ...........................

No. 69...........................

No. 70 ............................

No. 71 ...........................

No. 72...........................

No. 73 ...........................

No. 88 ...........................

No. 90 ...........................

No. 92 ...........................

Completed during the year, by divisions:

Eastern division ..................

Middle division ...................

Western division .................

Erie canal, eastern division:

................. 57, 148

..............57, 73-5,148

.......,...57,79, 82-4, 149

.............57, 79, 84, 149

...........57,73, 76-7, 149

......57, 98, 149, 167-8, 220

57, 79, 80-1, 93, 94, 95-7, 149

.............55,79,82,    147

..............58, 73, 79, 149

...........58, 93,94-5,149

No. 2 ............................

No. 2-E ..........................

No. 8 ............................

No. 8-A ..........................

No. 11 ........................

No. 13 ...........................

No. 14 ...........................

No. 14-R .........................

Nq. 16 ...........................

No. 17 ...........................

No. 18 ...........................

Contracts — (Continued) :

Barge canal— (Continued) :

pacJEs.

98

. .58, 98,99-100, 149

.......58,85-7, 149

....58,85, 87-9,149 ....58,85,90-2,149

......58,105-7, 149

58, 98,99, 102-5, 149 59,98,99,100-2,149

......55, 73, 79,147

.55,79, 84-5,97, 147

73

60, 85, 93, 150

99

.61,73, 78,150 .. . .73, 79, 99

99

82

82

.... 165,222 ...55,165,219 57,173-4,220

222

. . .55,236,244,272 ...55,250,252, 272

.....58,261-3,273

.58,236,242-3,273

.58,236,240-2,273

......... 236,240

59, 256, 259-60, 273

......... 236,240

.....59,227-9,273

59, 227, 229-31, 273 .59,227,235-6,273

Erie canal, eastern division—(Continued) :

No. 18-A ..............................

No. 20-A ..............................

No. 20-B ..............................

No. 20-C ..............................

No. 20-D ..............................

No. 25) ................................

No. 30 ................................

No. 31 ...............................

No. 33 ................................

No. 36 ...............................

No. 74................................

No. 86 ...............................

No. 87 ................................

No. 91 ...............................

No. 92 ...............................

No. 107 ..............................

Highway, Dunsbaeli Ferry to Forts Ferry Highway, Niskayuna to Vischer’s Ferry Erie canal, middle division:

No. 4 .................

No. 4-B ...........

No. 5-A ...............

No. 7 .................

57, 165-7, 170-1,220,222

...........57,167-8,220

.........58, 170,171,220

...........58,    172-3,220

......59, 105, 159-61,221

...........59,    161-3,221

..........59,    163-5,221

............... 167,222

...........59,174-5, 221

.............59,168, 221

......60, 169-70,221,222

...........61,    168-9, 221

No. 12 ...............

No. 13 ................

No. 22 ................

No. 22-A ..............

No. 42 ................

No. 43 ................

No. 44 ................

No. 45 ................

No. 46 ................

No. 57 ................

No. 90 ................

No. 101    ..............

Erie canal, western division:

No. 6 .................

No. 9 .................

No. 19 ................

No. 21 ................

No. 23 ................

N®. 38 ................

No. 40 ................

No. 41 ................

No. 47 ................

No. 48 ................

No. 49 ................

Contracts — (Continued) :

Barge canal— (Continued) :

236

261

.......227,229

60, 227,232,274

227

57,58,59, 60,61, 148-50 .57,58,59, 60,61,220-1 .. ..58, 59, 60, 61,273-4

.......59, 236, 244-6, 273

......59,236, 246-8,273

..........59,    250-2,273

......59,236,237-9,273

......59, 250, 253-4,273

.............250,252-3

..........59,    256-7,273

......60,256, 257-9,273

60, 236, 248, 250, 255, 273

......60, 227, 232-3, 273

......60, 227,233-5,274

......60,236,243-4,274

61,236,249-50,255, 256, 260-1, 274

..................236, 250,255-6

222

Erie canal, western division — (Continued) : No. 59 No. 60 No. 61 No. 62 No. 63 No. 64 No. 65 No. 66 No. 67 No. 75 No. 76 No. 77 No. 82 No. 83 No. 84 No. 89 No. 94 No. 105 No. 106

Extra and unspecified work, middle division

Oswego canal:

......57, 176, 177,220, 222

....57,176,177-8,220, 222

........57,176, 178-9, 220

..55, 176, 179,219,220,222

............59, 187-8,222

...........59,184-90,221

.......59, 176, 179-80, 221

.............176,180,222

.. . .55, 176, 180-1,219,222

..........55,    189,219,222

....55,176,181-2,219,222

........60, 176, 182-3, 221

60, 176, 183-4, 188, 221, 222

......60, 176, 184, 191, 221

..........61,    176, 185,221

......54, 176, 177, 185,218

..............56, 190, 220

..............56, 191,220

......56,176, 177, 186, 220

No. 10 ............................

No. 10-A ..........................

No. 10-B ..........................

No. 33 ............................

No. 35 ............................

No. 37 ............................

No. 39 ............................

No. 53 ............................

No. 78 ............................

No. 79 ............................

No. 80 ............................

No. 85 ............................

No. 90 ............................

No. 90-A ..........................

No. 104 ...........................

Highway, adjacent to contract No. 78.

Highway, road A...................

Highway, road B ...................

Highways, Ox creek................

Pending, September 30, 1912, by divisions:

Eastern division ...................

Middle division ....................

Western division ...................

Power supply:

,60, 124, 128-9, 150, 169-70, 176, 183-4, 188,221, 222 ...........................60, 176, 184, 191,221

No. 90 No. 90-A

Contracts — (Continued) :

Barge canal— (Continued) :

Power supply — (Continued) :

No. 91 .......................

No. 92 .......................

Progress table, middle division......

Water-supply:

No. 50 .......................

No. 51 .......................

No. 55 .......................

No. 55-R .....................

Highways, Delta reservoir......

Barge canal terminals:

No. 1 (Ithaca) ...................

No. 2 (Albany) ..................

No. 3 (Little Falls)...............

No. 4 (Gowanus bay, N. Y. city) .. ,

No.- 5 (Mechanicville) ............

No. 6 (Whitehall) ................

No. 7 (Ft. Edward)...............

No. 7-A (Ft. Edward).............

No. 8 (Schenectady) .............

No. 10 (Fonda) .................

No. 11 (Ilion) ....................

No. 12 (Amsterdam) ............

No. 15 (Utica) ...................

No. 16 (Rome) ..................

No. 17 (Lockport) ...............

No. 18 (Gowanus bay, N. Y. city) . ,

Cohoes, Vliet street bridge..............

Completed during the year by divisions:

Eastern division .................

Middle division ..................

Western division.................

PAGES.

61, 73, 78,150 73, 79, 99,118

158

59, 192, 196-7,221,222 .. ..59,192-3, 221,222 ... .59, 194-5,221,222

......55, 195,219,222

......54, 157, 196,218

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

52, 56, 68, 141, 146, 148

54, 147 54,218-9

55,272

Herkimer, Mohawk river and West Canada creek. .52, 56, 67, 143, 146, 148 Minisceongo creek bridge....

Pending, September 30, 1912:

Barge canal terminals....

Eastern division ........

52, 54, 67, 142, 146, 147

279

56,57,58, 59, 60,61, 148-50 56,57,58,59, 60,61,219-21

.......58,59, 60,61,273-4

. . .52,56, 154,214,217,219

..............54, 147,218

..............56, 148,219

...52, 54,154,214,217,218 ...52, 54, 154,215,217,218

Middle division ...........

Western division..........

Rome, Dominick street bridge..

Special work, completed......

Special work, pending........

Syracuse, Franklin street bridge Syracuse, Weigh-lock building Cooperative topographic survey of state. (See “ Survey, topographic, cooperative.”)

Vol. 1 — 13.

D.

Dams, movable. (See “Movable dams.”)

Delaware river, Port Jervis, construction of dikes......

Delta reservoir, highways adjacent..................

Depositories, fire-proof, recommended ................

Division engineers’ offices, fire-proof vaults recommended Division engineers’ reports:

Eastern division ................

Middle division ................

Western division...............

Dikes, Port Jervis, Delaware river.. .

Docks, New York, Quarantine station. ,

Dominick street bridge, Eome.......

Drain, Lockport, Chapel street........

Dresden, Barge canal terminal.......

Dunsbach Ferry-Forts Ferry highway

.52,68, 142, 146 54, 157, 196,218

44

44

............. 63-150

..............151-222

...............223-74

........52,68,    142, 146

........52,68,    142, 146

52, 56, 154,214,217,219

.......52,226,    270,271

............. 33,278

82

E.

Eastern division:

Engineering expenses. (See “Engineering expenses.”)

Engineer’s report .................................

Location ..........................................

Ellenville, survey for Attorney-General...................

Engineering expenses:

Barge canal terminals:

Eastern division .............................

Head office ..................................

Middle division ..............................

Southern division ............................

Summary ....................................

Western division..............................

Eastern division:

Barge canal construction:

Champlain canal.........................

Erie canal...............................

Head office account ......................

Bureau of bridges............................

Ordinary repairs:

Champlain canal .........................

Erie canal................................

Special surveys:

Hydrographic ............................

Monuments and maps, examination........

State Board of Claims....................

Surveys, field notes and manuscript maps.. .

Topographic .............................

Special work:

Cohoes, Vliet street bridge.................

Herkimer, Mohawk river and West Canada creek improvement

63-150

65

69

53,282-3,287 . .53, 282,287

53.284- 5, 287

..53, 284,287 ....    53,287

53.285- 6,287

51, 139-41, 146 .51,134-8, 146 .51, 131-4, 146 . . .51, 141, 146

51, 130, 146 51, 130, 146

..52,145,146 . .52,144,146 . .52,144, 146 . .52, 143, 146 52,144-5, 146

52,141,146

52, 143, 146

Engineering expenses— (Continued) :

Eastern division — (Continued) :

Special work — (Continued) :

Minisceongo bridge pier ................

New York, Quarantine station, docks.....

Port Jervis, Delaware river, dikes........

Summary .................................

Middle division:

Barge canal construction:

Cayuga and Seneca canal ...............

Erie canal ............................

Oswego canal ..........................

Ordinary repairs:

Black River canal......................

Erie canal ............................

Special surveys:

Black river............................

Mapping canal lands ...................

State Board of Claims..................

Surveys, field notes and manuscript maps Special work:

Rome, Dominick street bridge............

Rome, Washington street bridge..........

Syracuse, Franklin street bridge.........

Syracuse, Weigb-lock building...........

Summary .................................

Summary of State by divisions...................

Western division:

Barge canal construction, Erie canal..........

Ordinary repairs, Erie canal................

Special surveys:

State Board of Claims..................

PAGES.

52,142,146 52,142,146 52,142,146 53, 146,287

51,212-3,217 51, 206-9, 217 51,210-1,217

51,205,217

51,205,217

52.216.217

52.215.217

52.215.217

52.216.217

52,214,217

52,214,217

52.214.217

52.215.217 53,217,287

53

51,264-9,271 . .51,264,271

Erie canal:

Surveys, field notes and manuscript maps Special work:

Lockport, Chapel street drain..........

Oak Orchard feeder, repairs...........

Summary...............................

52,270,271 ..    52,271

52.270.271

52.269.271 53,271,287

Barge canal construction:

Financial status .........

Progress ................

Engineering expenses:

Barge canal construction Barge canal terminals

Ordinary repairs........

Navigation on, middle division (See also “Barge canal” and “Contracts.”) Examination of New York-New Jersey boundary line Exhibits, canal ..................................

14-24

13

51, 134-8, 146, 206-9, 217, 264-9, 271

........................53,282-7

......51, 130, 146, 205, 217, 264, 271

153

40,299-314

37-8

F.

Fire-proof depositories, recommended...............

Fonda, Barge canal terminal ......................

Fort Edward, Barge canal terminal................

Fort Herkimer, channel recommended to Mindenville Forts Ferry-Dunsbach Ferry highway Franklin street bridge, Syracuse Fulton, highways near ........

44

33,278,279

33,278,279

99

82

........52, 54, 154,214,217,218

54, 56, 176, 177, 185, 186, 218, 220

G.

Gaging of streams ........................

Geological Survey, U. S.:

Cooperation with ......................

Report on cooperative topographic survey

41-2, 46-7

8, 40-2, 47 40,359-71

H.

Head office account, engineering expenses:

Barge canal construction ...........

Barge canal terminals..............

Health, Commissioner of, conference with, concerning pollution of canal waters.................................................

51, 131-4, 146 ..53,282,287

42

Health Officer, port of New York, survey for

Herkimer, Barge canal terminal............

Herkimer, Mohawk river and West Canada creek improvement. .52, 56, 67, 143

146,148

69

33, 278,279

Highway Commission, State:

State Engineer’s duties................

Testing cement for ...................

Highways:

Delta reservoir, adjacent to............

Dunsbach Ferry-Forts Ferry..........

Fulton, near.........................

Niskayuna-Vischer’s Ferry............

Road A, adjacent to contract No. 37.. ..

Road B, adjacent to contract No. 37.. ..

Hoffman island, port of New York, survey at Hudson River State Hospital, Poughkeepsie, maps for

Hudson, Training School for Girls, survey for......

Hydraulics, Bureau of............................

Hydrographic survey..............................

7, 38-9 46, 291

54, 157, 196,218

82

54, 56,176, 177, 185, 186,218, 220

82

56,190,220 56, 191,220

69

69

69

............ 42,46-7

41-2, 46-7, 52, 145, 146

I.

Ilion, Barge canal terminal.......

Irondequoit creek, break in canal at Ithaca, Barge canal terminal......

33, 278,279 9, 238 33,278,279

L.

Land Bureau: Report .. Scope ...

297-8

Land Office, Commissioners of, State Engineer’s duties

Legislature, duties of State Engineer for..............

Little Falls, Barge canal terminal....................

Little Falls, channel recommended to Mindenville......

Lockport, Barge canal terminal......................

Lockport, Chapel street, drain.......................

Long Island State Hospital, survey for................

PAGES.

7, 8, 46

33,278,279

99

.. . .33,278,279 52,226,270,271

69

M.

Maintenance, canal .

Mapping canal lands

(See also “‘Blue line’ resurvey” and “Surveys, field notes and manuscript maps.”)

Massachusetts-New York boundary line.................

Mechanicville, Barge canal terminal.....................

Middle division:

Engineering expenses. (See “Engineering expenses.”)

Engineer’s report .................................

Location .........................................

8-9

36-7, 52, 66-7,215,217

39

33,278,279

151-222

156

Mindenville, channel recommended to Little Falls....

Minisceongo creek bridge pier......................

Mohansic State Hospital, survey..................

Mohawk, connection recommended, old and new canals

99

52,54, 67, 142, 146, 147

69

31

Mohawk river and West Canada creek, improvement.. . .52, 56, 67, 143, 146, 148 Mohawk river, bridge between Cohoes and Schenectady Monuments, New York-New Jersey boundary line, list..

Movable dams, Mohawk river........................

36

. .    306-14

66, 93, 97-8

N.

Navigation:

Middle division ....................................

Western division...................................

New Jersey, cooperation with, on New York port conditions

New Jersey-New York boundary line.....................

New York city, Barge canal terminals....................

New York, cooperation with New Jersey on port conditions New York harbor, port conditions and pier extensions, commission on.

New York, Health Officer, port of, survey for.....

New York-New Jersey boundary line............

New York, Quarantine station, docks and survey Niskayuna-Vischer’s Ferry highway ...........

153

227

39,40,299-314 . . .33, 278,279

69

...39, 40, 299-314 52, 68, 69, 142, 146

82

0.

Oak Orchard creek feeder, repairs.. ..

Operation, Barge canal, commission on Ordinary repairs to canals, engineering expenses. (See “Engineering expenses.”)

52, 225, 256,269,271 .......... 7—8

Oswego canal:

Barge canal construction:

Financial status .....................

Progress ............................

Engineering expenses:

Barge canal construction .............

Barge canal terminals................

Navigation on ...........................

(See also “Barge canal” and “Contracts.”) Ox creek highways, near Fulton................

PAGES.

14-24

13

51, 210-1,217 53, 284-5, 287

153

56,176, 177, 186,220

P.

Pennsylvania-New York boundary line..........

Pier extensions, N. Y. harbor, commission on. . . .

Pier, Quarantine station, New York...........

Pollution of Barge canal waters................

Port conditions, N. Y. harbor, commission on... .

Port Jervis, dikes, Delaware river.............

Poughkeepsie, Hudson River State Hospital, maps

Preservation of records, recommendation........

Public Works, Department of, cooperation with.

39, 40

52,68,142,146

42

52, 68, 142, 146

69

44

8-9, 65, 66

Q.

Quarantine station, New York, pier and survey

52, 68,69,142,146

R.

Recommendations:

Barge and old canal connections, Rome and Mohawk. .

Barge canal, additional funds......................

Barge canal channel, Mindenville to Little Falls....

Barge canal, Federal work at termini..............

“ Blue line ” resurvey .............................

Board of Claims surveys..........................

Bond, increase...................................

Boundary line repairs and examination............

Bridge over Mohawk between Cohoes and Schenectady

Fire-proof depositories for records...................

Hydrographic survey..............................

Land Bureau .....................................

Mapping canal lands ................•..............

Old canal lands, disposal of.........................

Pollution of canal waters, prevention...............

Topographic survey ...............................

Troy dam ........................................

Surplus waters, sale of.............................

Surveys for departments and commissions, loan fund. .

Widening Barge canal land line.....................

Records, fire-proof depositories recommended.............

31

24,27

99

28

36-7, 67

43

70

40

36

44

42

46

36-7, 67

31

42

41

28

29

43-4, 70 31-2

Reports:

Black river survey . Division engineers’: Eastern division

PAGES.

34-6,155, 202-4, 315-58

Middle division ................................

Western division...............................

Hydraulics, Bureau of..............................

Land Bureau ......................................

New York-New Jersey boundary line examination.....

Resident engineers’. (See “Barge canal, Residencies.”)

State Engineer and Surveyor’s ..............

Terminal Engineer’s........................

Tests .....................................

Topographic survey, cooperation with U. S. . .

Reservation Commission, Saratoga, maps for......

Road A, adjacent to contract No. 37..............

Road B, adjacent to contract No. 37..............

Rome, Barge canal terminal ....................

Rome, connection recommended, old and new canals

Rome, Dominick street bridge...........

Rome, Washington street bridge.........

Roster of employees, State Engineer’s office

63-150

151-222

223-74

46-7

. .46,297-8 40,299-314

.    275-87

.45,291-6 40,359-71

69

56, 191,220 56, 191,220 33, 278, 279

31

52,56, 154,214,217,219 ...........52,214,217

62

S.

Sacketts Harbor, proposed canal extension, vey.”)

Sand tests, report........................

Saratoga Reservation Commission, maps for

Schenectady, Barge canal terminal ........

Scliuylerville, Barge canal terminal ........

Sewage pollution of State waters...........

Special works:

Cohoes, Yliet street bridge............

Contracts completed .

Contracts pending .. .

Engineering expenses Herkimer, Mohawk river and West Canada creek improvement.. 52, 56, 67

143, 146, 148 . . .54, 176, 177, 185,218

.......54, 157, 196,218

.......52,226,270,271

.52,54, 67, 142, 146, 147

........52,68, 142,146

. . .52,225,256,269,271 . . .56, 176, 177,186, 220

........52,68,142,146

...........56,190, 220

...........56, 191,220

52,56, 154,214,217,219 ...........52,214,217

Highway adjacent to contract No. 78

Highways, Delta reservoir .........

Lockport, Chapel street drain .....

Minisceongo creek bridge ..........

New York, Quarantine station, docks

Oak Orchard creek feeder..........

Ox creek highways ................

Port Jervis, dikes, Delaware river.. . Road A, adjacent to contract No. 37. Road B, adjacent to contract No. 37.

Rome, Dominick street bridge......

Rome, Washington street bridge .. .

(See “Black river sur-

294

69

33, 278,279 . . . .33, 278

42

52, 56, 68, 141, 146, 148

......................54, 147, 218

......................56, 148, 219

52, 53, 141-3, 146, 214-5, 217, 269-71

Special works — (Continued) :

Syracuse, Franklin street bridge............

Syracuse, Weigli-lock building..............

State Architect, testing for ....................

State Board of Claims. (See “Board of Claims.”)

State boundary lines. (See “Boundary lines, State.”)

State Custodial Farm Colony, Dutchess county, surveys

State departments and commissions, surveys for......

State Engineer and Surveyor:

Cooperation with Superintendent of Public Works. .

Cooperation with U. S. Geological Survey.........

Department administration .....................

Duties ........................................

Member, commission on Barge canal operation....

Member, commission on port conditions and pier extensions, N. Y. harbor ..................................................

PAGES.

52,54, 154,214,217, 218 52, 54, 154,215,217,218 ............. 45,291

69

43-4,68-70

8-9

8, 40-2,47

47

7-8, 32, 34, 38, 39

Office, fire-proof vaults recommended...........

Surveys for State departments and commissions

Report .....................................

Roster of employees in office of..............

State Highway Commission ......................

State Hospital Commission, surveys for...........

Staten island, Quarantine station, survey...........

Stream gaging, report ..........................

Surveys:

44

43-4, 68-70

62

7, 38-9, 46, 291

69

69

41-2,46-7

Armory Commission Attorney-General .. Black river .......

70

“Blue line” resurvey.....................

Board of Claims:

Engineering expenses ................

Reports .............................

Boundary lines, State.....................

Ellenville, for Attorney-General............

Health Officer, port of New York..........

Hoffman island, port of New York..........

Hudson River State Hospital, Poughkeepsie

Hudson, Training School for Girls..........

Hydrographic, cooperative:

Engineering expenses .................

Report .............................

Loan fund, department surveys, recommended

Long Island State Hospital................

Mapping canal lands ......................

Mohansic State Hospital ..................

Monuments and maps, examination ........

Public Works, Department of...............

Quarantine station, port of New York.......

Saratoga Reservation Commission ..........

......................8,43,65,69

34-6, 52, 155, 202-4, 216, 217, 315-58 36-7, 66-7, 155, 226

52,144,146,215, 217, 270, 271

............43, 155, 225,250

. .. 8, 39, 52, 144, 146, 299-314

69

69

69

69

69

52,145,146 .41-2,46-7 .. 53-4,70

69

36-7, 52, 66-7, 215, 217

69

8, 39, 52, 144, 146, 299-314

65

52,68, 69,142,146

Surveys — (Continued) :

Special, engineering expenses ...............

State\ Architect ............................

State Board of Claims......................

State Custodial Farm Colony, Dutchess county

State departments and commissions .........

State Hospital Commission .................

Surveys, field notes and manuscript maps.....

Swinburne island, port of New York..........

Topographic, cooperative:

Atlas sheets published.......

Engineering expenses ........

Field and office work.........

Progress to date ............

Recommendation ............

Report .....................

U. S. Geological, cooperation with Yorktown Training School for Boys, Yorktown Heights Swinburne island, port of New York, survey Syracuse, Barge canal terminal.

Syracuse, Franklin street bridge Syracuse, Weigh-lock building .

PAGES.

52,53, 143-6,215-7,270-1

............... 69,70

.............52,144,146

69

43-4,68-70

69

52, 143, 146,216,217,271

69

....    365-71

52,144-5, 146 362-3 ....    41,365

41

................40-1,359-71

40, 41, 52, 144, 145, 146, 359-71

69

69

...........33,278,279

52, 54, 154,214,217,218 52, 54, 154,215,217,218

T.

Terminals, Barge canal. {See “Barge canal terminals.”) Testing laboratory:

Report ..........................................

Scope ...........................................

291-6

45

Tests:

Cement ....................................................

Concrete ..................................................

Miscellaneous .............................................

Sand .....................................................

Topographic survey of State, cooperation. (See “ Survey, topographic, cooperative.”)

Training School for Girls, Hudson, survey

Troy, Barge canal terminal..........

Troy dam, status and recommendation

291

295

295

294

69

33, 278,279

27-8

U.

U. S. Geological Survey, cooperation with. . 8, 40, 41, 47, 52, 144, 145, 146, 359-71

..41-2, 46-7 40-1,359-71 .33,278,279

U. S. hydrographic survey, report U. S. topographic survey, report. Utica, Barge canal terminal.....

V.

Vermont^New York boundary line.. Vischer’s Ferry-Niskayuna highway Vliet street bridge, Cohoes........

39

82

52,56, 68,141,146,148

W.

PAGES.

52,214,217

Washington street bridge, Rome.......

Water-pollution, Barge canal system. . .

Waters, sale of surplus, on Barge canal.

Water-supply for proposed Black River canal extension. . . .204, 331-6, 338-43

42

29

Watertown, proposed canal extension. (See “ Black river survey.”) Watkins, Barge canal terminal..

Weigh-lock building, Syracuse.. .

West Canada creek improvement Western division:

............. 33, 278

52,54, 154,215,217,218 .52,56,67, 143, 146, 148

Engineering expenses. (See “Engineering expenses.”)

Engineer’s report .................................

Location.........................................

Whitehall, Barge canal terminal........................

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